Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 34b88b1fa2abdb93…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.3 KB Created: 2021-09-04 12:20:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: ea3952c14e95be015d914e98199dae5d SHA-1: c1d0bb66f37f862ca7a8bfdb54e320f39677d2aa SHA-256: 34b88b1fa2abdb93f56804f5d2dfd4253bd0e5d0fa997eea3dc6e24b67ea270a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious content. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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 http://purpledoorchurch.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e8ac16a648---97873123235.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://mgmkt.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610d63132093a---33372273885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://audiomaster.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6390823284---17922723312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mgmkt.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092345fe81eb---jexejixazeletebexamavex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ataru.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gepinepejatifonuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riskhedgetech.com/uploaded/file/61303910060d1e30c2cea8.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://semsaesp.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/4688476883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sapaelitehotel.com/webroot/img/files/58141230664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mediacomriccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dddea601af0---lebudiwerigerigumav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://24hnbc.com/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/litafakipufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://honghow.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lifotajiverixekutipixan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vaytieudungtragop.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3us8ppc2fh0npp521ujv9nh8bt/16146951017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpishio2.net/contents/files/9823456000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clair-environnement.eu/catalogue_dynamique/file/99977607401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marcus-1.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210722_651FE562F148F4D4.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://interior-mark.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nigikududexevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bloomeng.com/uploads/88962553878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.molinoag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb3b30bcfba---41699233153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aatg4aaaddkhfhbf3evf.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pitasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pytextiles.com/userfiles/file/wevemigiwitas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brahmagnanam.org/fck_uploads/file/lukikuvujobutabolewoxikil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autosofortkauf.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u67f8gt2pst9t5niqmq0p7sihf/68330434886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=manual+mp3+player+automotivo+multilaser+onePDF 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_off0000d5d0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD5D0 10860 bytes
SHA-256: 024e913e03033363788ea447ceda39d4ea49d5056342b5fdabeeca1150390c7e
font_01_sfnt_off0000eeef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEEF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010701.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10701 20092 bytes
SHA-256: 33efb73a95ecb5213618fc501c9b0ae237fbe99480958026a89bd4cea6ca29ab