Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 34ae7c300bcc68ba…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.4 KB Created: 2021-08-06 01:25:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-27
MD5: d1b631721af4480b4fbf5b6f2e7496fe SHA-1: 8b025d7d00adbaed9934ecdcb4b03f6e054f125b SHA-256: 34ae7c300bcc68ba03f48f86e0c363644ec6c31d6df933977a47b59cb10cd5a8
212 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple links to external PDFs hosted on compromised websites, suggesting it is designed to trick users into downloading malicious content. The heuristic 'SE_BROWSER_INSTALL_LURE' indicates the document likely prompts the user to install a fake browser update or plugin, which is a common social engineering tactic for malware delivery. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support the malicious nature of this file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9902

Heuristics 9

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Browser extension / update installation lure high SE_BROWSER_INSTALL_LURE
    Document tells the user to install a browser extension, plugin, viewer, or browser update to view content — a common social-engineering path for credential theft and malware installation
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=acrobat+reader+dc+patch PDF link annotation
    • http://trendymamy.pl/userfiles/file/nefafaraxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://training-solutions.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0e5cca55f1---66463912662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amako-ra.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c4f97724c489eedb5c9e5b07716e45f3/nosir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medok18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e2698e09bbc8d11db661173b1e70863/8760221734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elitteaccesorios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m6j1f3ptfl1t1cn6hodbdipm77/6212646783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeugdopdewetenschapsagenda.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609989b0953bd---84770213404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://compsult.net/userfiles/file/momodesibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jennysbooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f439b8ae50a5965dd6ec4a5680d76a4/pogozosoxov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medicapoland.pl/uploaded/file/16082438285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fkjz.cn/upload/files/2021/07/202107190451143066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fkhd.cz/data/img/85861329603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hainescentreasia.com/images/file/buxiriwixofuraxolaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jnnycc.org/userfiles/file/kedafokatejusaluto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tai.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f2adaf136a---7607472728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.toptalentusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610c652526850---kixiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://turnyras.lt/Files/file/89227432095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poiskvod.ru/images/file/lixubajuzaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoffmanowska.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160961f4c592d0---99089223896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avandcie-energy.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sasokujiradeluloreleto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mithermomix.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b24059db92b3b9caef2204fe38407ea1/93426618944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chinatupai.com/web/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/liruxirugevofuzalujurupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartcookieacademy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ece8c9ffcf---48599515157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avenirpourtous.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7dd0308e1a---43068849568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://puertoestereo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q7id4lr6kt0hgoo2r8tevvgbst/30606863590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haphadoor.com/upload/files/zamejadenuzira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aitrans.cn/UploadFile/file/F1202106060327439857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jordan.si/dokumenti/file/wepodanafozetel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000e550.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE550 17532 bytes
SHA-256: 6afbc627fe28038fe7a30b0c9f78f893b858528c125af98d4d8f3315063249df
font_01_sfnt_off0001135d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1135D 10320 bytes
SHA-256: a6189172b5bcaafdaf97e00f1ba162c345a0f1ed943b325ca83c3d8ae6ae8d44
font_02_sfnt_off00012a89.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A89 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1