Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 34c317d4f99099df…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.3 KB Created: 2021-07-25 18:16:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 0171c16990fa2fce773453b6a87422c8 SHA-1: 41d1c928d3072a33bab8ef418928f06479b1504a SHA-256: 34c317d4f99099df8c8cae699de6fca7ee7295d0682f72623fae25ecfe829dd4
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to compromised or disposable domains, identified by heuristics like 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM'. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the structure suggests the PDF is designed to redirect users to potentially malicious content, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9994

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://olterus.net/contents//files/pufugi.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://europeancustomtailor.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ca21801bfe67937b9a43b1d73c893ae/78487101095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.liveartsaskatchewan.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cbb99aa1aad---55623402478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pensionatiitalianiinportogallo.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4d99acf84c8ab8bf7632cc2c96897de5/mufizorekaseka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sclifeguards.com/clients/16854/File/dejoxeriwadinak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eduomania.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ce0e0919d71---49173458850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://melinterior.ru/userfiles/files/vafejikikupilulorijoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kfnmdg.com/upfolder/e/files/20210723154931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://top1np.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rosebesawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotelgiottotorino.com/userfiles/files/dotejipobobikitozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://la-klamm.org/userfiles/file/rojimewokabotexajiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestmiamiturf.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bcf37d5928b1e2988aa33468e7adf2a4/larafofodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.driftime.ee/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ad8ed50973---78392972287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxkbm.com/clients/2/28/28fcaa936e2ecbeb6c9a97ea0f1ab253/File/14191711802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoaisonland.vn/upload/files/boxisolupogolilexomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.a-fairys-choice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cd04e00e3b---77902461174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://southernlightingsource.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/36bfd927e9d425f45ab5012be008f0da/ponawolenilodanil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fizjolech.pl/userfiles/file/vigowesiwozalis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tractorpulling-emmeloord.nl/upload/file/2730677790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+fix+toro+self+propelled+lawn+mowerPDF link annotation
    • https://bxthirteen.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ca702a1abc142e4435a19ace59acf692/fumizowod.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_off00010551.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10551 16816 bytes
SHA-256: 27283dfdfe1409742992e4d6deccb78472aa6f6c3a640b5eb0b09071eeb6d1a8
font_01_sfnt_off00013122.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13122 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014939.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14939 10840 bytes
SHA-256: 834a8691da70a5bfa0e9c03eaa7fdddc1c232839db26faaf82c5141a14c653e1