Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 34a05cb5cf2ad825…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.0 KB Created: 2021-09-03 19:46:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 2fed9a68fa77afff9a2aa54d46dd10a5 SHA-1: 54d33099d0d945799e67cb20bcbb48d2501b4bb3 SHA-256: 34a05cb5cf2ad825cbab59a7c037c5a8a9fceeda641eaf1c68963f38bd4c63d3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://mouaumfb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076b20a8fa0c---kopenipilagutesajimunani.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://uralinteh.com/uploads/files/44862118648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amctop.com/board_data/editor_img/file/202106190506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thunderstar.cn/userfiles/file/20210513211459741960129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iideree.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f895d686cda---14208025973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.euroservicemilano.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609754436ca74---lowigazovumodis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artecgroupservices.com/imagenes/file/nujuvefugajedovemik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elstar.ru/uploads/files/19369094610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://otvorene-srdce.sk/userfiles/file/59844482167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://propertiproperty.com/Uploads/userfiles/files/79109084116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.artefuoricentro.it/js/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39209514285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vnnc.vn/img-hdmedia/files/sijedikulitagorifup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://labsshop.com/d/files/62441577139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--42-jlclgg6a3e.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/vuwojulixadav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mfplus.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160847cacebd60---64912339524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://santa.my/images/users/00000000/files/zilavesimawokad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://csom.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/335f97bc5dc031cde376b2b2338d7c3e/59184087797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steps4cancer.org/clients/a/a7/a78c374070a178914b502abaf3db82b8/File/ripepun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80adj7cxa.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eccb9ed33892668fcc9d5c5f2e1b1889/rudenewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trustarshida.co/cache/fck_files/file/80463152746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://victory-agency.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9ae737561b---megoteda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caacoding.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ac1ed94971---26287634437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2girlstrippin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a546b896290---46347117289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.harasportcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0vt36dq5a40dqcgtgv77vn49st/zales.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=%C3%B6amtc+schutzbrief+leistungen+pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c237.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC237 11372 bytes
SHA-256: 048be99361f2cf8ad9673f16488e5b18088ced0b712c8d5210378a04d3996490
font_01_sfnt_off0000dc54.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC54 18904 bytes
SHA-256: a1bb877e0eb6818a602c747d8a60f606835d72384ccd9c6995f746a51653ac02
font_02_sfnt_off00010c34.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C34 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1