Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 34a9c59f2ad94572…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.2 KB Created: 2021-08-27 16:46:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 12aac7036b81474f6c107682c69bc244 SHA-1: 58d592f9d0a922ec1278badb05f6665781ab24d5 SHA-256: 34a9c59f2ad9457215b31bfe5bcdd55c7de1ca7ffece420a87f06df3a7303b96
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which are part of a link farm hosted on compromised or disposable infrastructure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing sites or download further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for obfuscating malicious redirects or initiating exploits within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • 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 https://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=carle+therapy+services+north+annex
    • https://medtek.vn/storage/file/bawimuvokuwupevuluzovudo.pdf
    • http://dailythang.com/userfiles/files/wosuburej.pdf
    • http://beta-rc.com/upload/files/bopazipegepimuso.pdf
    • http://www.nbrownies.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abb2891b2f7---83776008240.pdf
    • http://amdind.com/userfiles/file/tuwuze.pdf
    • https://www.tai.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ddd0be0db6---zorivofumap.pdf
    • https://www.espymetcalf.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608438681e155---3355628200.pdf
    • http://alkanboya.com/files/file///46245722147.pdf
    • https://centar-znr-zop.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4e2f997435---vatikugoledavudenazojenef.pdf
    • http://backyardreleaf.ca/clients/6/6a/6a4eaaf8452764cb6fc14c9064ed0c71/File/xekubidim.pdf
    • https://psystat.net/candyticket/uploads/page_images/files/47427192719.pdf
    • https://rffsev.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bb048d8bb3c7378c9da97ba0a7b1e7e1/kikidobine.pdf
    • https://svetpoznaniyaonline.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4624bedb0d107b32a4691ed08bc00e34/9220922674.pdf
    • http://emeraldoutback.com/clients/f/f6/f61299a274fa8fdb0c00f5b1ed511d42/File/mivisitemutejepedidajedav.pdf
    • https://alves.bg/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51783205136.pdf
    • https://www.xcelsus.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a73c0f600cb---dadijadorokafosivesaj.pdf
    • http://peaktoppet.com/ck_imgs/files/5800665288.pdf
    • http://www.eflox.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c653e0914f---43784991196.pdf
    • http://yaqeen-eg.com/userfiles/file/90254173264.pdf
    • http://kipia-nn.ru/userfiles/file/dulinebawaluzejupafelidi.pdf
    • https://benchmarktransitions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4cc3bbd069---faporigofifipofapida.pdf
    • https://airflow-skateboards.com/upload/file/543498738.pdf
    • http://docando.es/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wiluro.pdf
    • https://www.harnoordesigns.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/anvu6qc8qs2fl4so3th3imrl62/mirujovoburujixijo.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e1d0.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1D0 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f9e2.bin
fedc7af8d9ebc8e33f56eb8640cf21639c70b60ed4f1e31c0ee1cf8b495f3187
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9E2 16924 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000125ec.bin
40e5c66820612abd0d9ffe9d81c31b382203968b6994a30e62564795fb1e7c93
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125EC 10784 bytes