Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 34ed67fb91e41956…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.7 KB Created: 2021-06-28 18:12:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: 94940a91926abed9ff6ae502e39ac675 SHA-1: 910b2f2c4731c7c521079d799a21b933e8fac2d5 SHA-256: 34ed67fb91e41956c20d1274df8a36bf00a53261ac38a3a2cc60e954157e3d5f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. The numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicate a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics strongly suggests an attempt to manipulate search results or host phishing pages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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://alkhairi.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0a11573dcf85c9f69e2500f655d22098/25590705865.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ivfnna.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4b1f9a4fd1008e8391f472ae9cba99f6/zidojupikuwisixekabikedew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.agenbenangbandung.net/file/vufepuwejonevivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mindweave.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s0tdo9qoknn6qahe4e2nl60ud3/rubusilobanapasebawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alternatifhirdavat.com/upload/ckfinder/files/69623279423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.retorika-zidar.si/ckfinder/ckeditor_uploaded_files/files/90865048267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.altrus.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160765ef0e62ce---84269511638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hillcountryawningsandsunscreens.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076895219163---nafos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ambredore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071b1ec1830a---dirajala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sevoir.hu/uploads/file/bijabiwikoxomisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0af5ac99ff---19654167944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viajespereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fb6d13eb50---munowapagurepesiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://counterreaction.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cd8c4edaad8---palawoneviwope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pfgpartners.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080b9645f063---zewujikerolomosuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.charityweiss.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ee21da8016---kupiwalisupuketit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiosaletta.it/userfiles/files/57509574144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://businessservicesuk.com/userfiles/file/69140328606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.reroofingbrisbaneqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072d593e7137---1410342839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://centrobrands.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d686112b8e8bd96d27a9029f726a331b/62316731120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zwickerfoto.hu/_user/file/mifafazesikiponaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tevukasveza.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/virafulakiju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://almoheetmanpower.com/public_html/userfiles/file/71030762228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andeanskyline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ccfb1b4f960---85123316157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taiyoaquris.cn/upload/userfiles/files/20210601211613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dipinkrishna.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a73142d381e---vivusapitabudixakodok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=calories+in+a+whole+french+baguettePDF 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_off0000d278.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD278 17264 bytes
SHA-256: 8979acbe02429ceba27f7a0283c7168f7476bd858864ee81916e649e9ae9ecce
font_01_sfnt_off0000ff70.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF70 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011787.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11787 10972 bytes
SHA-256: d82b5f2247442f02b8cf6f53df4250bc228c786a943bc91123d1c07f3362182c