Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 34ee1a07db456414…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.5 KB Created: 2021-06-25 14:59:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 4d7b68b56bde229617b4a42004b7b632 SHA-1: 3c7b2881401193f82455556a2149765b98cc745a SHA-256: 34ee1a07db4564145894b6fbfdef25f85cde09bc1651bbf7b02c88a3e8ff1518
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to compromised WordPress upload storage and disposable hosting sites, often using SEO poisoning tactics with terms like 'bluetooth installer'. While no scripts were extracted, the embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics suggest the PDF is designed to trick users into downloading malware, likely through a phishing lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9993

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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=bluetooth+installer+for+windows+7+free+download
    • http://www.dnevi-sekretarjev.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c63fa8c4e8e---83453374846.pdf
    • http://ledseoul.com/userData/board/file/39554494571.pdf
    • https://www.dishdivvy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eb9489d26cf3335e1c1f24ced8e66eef/gatudesuroragu.pdf
    • http://woonhuislift.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cdc25f47574---rodujugera.pdf
    • https://anthonygillant.com/userfiles/file/96698020501.pdf
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbd0c2626ae---manunod.pdf
    • http://velo.hu/UserFiles//file/gexiluxuduruxoguvipi.pdf
    • https://designcoordinators.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e75f4c59cb---jajudalozotinobe.pdf
    • https://www.msolartop.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078801627f63---zeridapasuza.pdf
    • https://hsegroup.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f731o9mdkur8uq5m2fh6lva2p3/mexegigijalevufiwis.pdf
    • http://indago-rovigo.it/userfiles/files/tudupolubovazojurimun.pdf
    • https://bbensonmft.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7604900d59dd1eb6e1ac809f0c27c117/34193578481.pdf
    • http://jeugdopdewetenschapsagenda.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093d8a746e41---41677788108.pdf
    • https://xn----8sbaavnccwq4am.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76538fb2bb3cdd678802c2c13a2b670e/86930201367.pdf
    • http://www.vivelamusica.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084763f82068---pizeteresesoxidilolonedub.pdf
    • http://www.molinoag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083075a2061f---23487197628.pdf
    • http://bagpack.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160833a349bf6d---69259319828.pdf
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/090529391d6fe914a6d0afac8dada6f4/29859510890.pdf
    • http://waelfawzy.com/userfiles/file/busazifuliduze.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e913.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE913 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010125.bin
b97b5ec86bad640c9d2b2b02ccfe19bce086ab0a6d660a205fd65c7a795a9ac7
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10125 17760 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013006.bin
69fbad187c3c06e8366b2d19d03f8e8a1196c26b39c499ed027f6dc20a8cb38e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13006 10740 bytes