Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 34c06d0f1e45ef82…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.5 KB Created: 2021-09-17 07:27:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 1dc986173410fbfcf9b3a139f2fad426 SHA-1: 10a11fe8a3a827770fbaf789db1e42f56c2cd4e7 SHA-256: 34c06d0f1e45ef82523ab51d5a499487c852cffcf9432676154b79fe10c73121
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code or redirecting users. The presence of a link farm pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting further suggests a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or trojan delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9943

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://arkystudio.eu/userfiles/files/nesubalidu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://dj-maily.com/uploads/pages/files/5024949129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://getawaynewzealand.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143f49134d3b---kesofagiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luckysim.com/userfiles/file/98752297854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cmtoolsrental.com/user_img/files/92546519488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://0851gay.org/userfiles/202109file/2021091211442070554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouldersudbury.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132cbcbc7ca3---63919033621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.crossfitparamaribo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161387258d0e80---newudoxunezudenazod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://855solution.com/htdocs/cljr/data/files/65268936676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ikincielinmak.com/upload/ckfinder/files/furipulavupotuxaxuzux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://candybeauty.vn/upload/files/bopefajuwebabodozixez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmjrgoldhockey.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d62b8128a9e753b8003d0b8d366d6b25/pitatul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxidmum.com/images/upload/fck/file/bokokojoxodanajojakana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zoomkish.com/basefile/zoomkishcom/files/10369559706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carpenterstouchnj.supremeroi.com/FCKeditor/file/78190686584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sasmedm.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20570626233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bhk-aindling.de/userfiles/files/4693184072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://swapnakoodu.com/fck_uploads/file/96088442703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siyata.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d19f9cf82a---68002685336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coherence.cz/userfiles/file/wazivamodojomobebade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daithanhnam.com/upload/files/balidedimogodelilozazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iciparis.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66582694162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lllk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/04083f2440465454367c14c110c56abd/93641049094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://khonggianxua.samdigroup.vn/app/webroot/upload/files/39529762474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://balbu.hu/uploads/news/file/98245068289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=best+custom+essay+sitePDF 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_off0000cb4a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB4A 10408 bytes
SHA-256: 7a2901cedadd497fb037d265b0b3719fac8a539489862873422dd6fd2a3e533c
font_01_sfnt_off0000e303.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE303 16260 bytes
SHA-256: dffe37a82e691f334a5441f08c5328ad5b9153439ded4b40fc0034f808cf68b1
font_02_sfnt_off00010ca3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CA3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1