Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 34f067aa1fefac10…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.2 KB Created: 2021-09-08 04:30:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: affe1c6416297056f23326321ef498b3 SHA-1: ade55b959123a23972d2e334786b786ad2e7a35b SHA-256: 34f067aa1fefac10bff2585a378ed318486f4d8557d7a4de1c0efd208b5a2287
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress installations and disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the embedded URLs are the primary indicators of compromise and likely lead to a malicious payload or phishing page.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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 http://terapie-psi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c387bc4be33---53043816031.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.rkcomdesignservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091da1450d9f---tajevaseni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xprchemical.com/upload/files/74064743818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://megatex.ua/images/uploads/file/20472177656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digitalpolicycouncil.com/imagenes/file/bozigijigotidesulova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vincityhomes.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p0tgmvepleo5qc1ol3p76u2t5i/texotopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pietri-automobiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tp17nbnjtsb8s5q7tn5khn6570/kivukadibilunaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.valathors.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83632720336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stpetejazz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k5odjjltkr86uknkm1erhosv4s/bofojog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crm333.com/documentos/file/vozexunanugolobusopeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.contectrade.hu/fckfiles/file/88809900415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://combatkuntao.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96789290488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://admonks.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/addd42cb40164757bb7e7ed928720457/vijuviw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sg-callenberg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613809fc3d44a---biregus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8e43183bb0---69348777035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stakeoutllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/08b3da06b41750dfaf6351463f83b4ca/62348522348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laplacedesstores.com/upload/file/kekeno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k2salight.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c359a3999a39e2d84ceacc437e46d109/nosasiwepevapajatixil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gegeny.hu/uploads/file/4216899868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612b306312b87---22050952455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://educasters.co/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jojubafon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k8bf0bsgmidvbkfca6248uabq0/gufakenex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=grade+11+college+biology+textbook+pdfPDF 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_off0000e429.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE429 11064 bytes
SHA-256: a12cb20b671fd0dafe51a098695cd4bcf3a64763432bb82806c739f01c853292
font_01_sfnt_off0000fdb1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDB1 21376 bytes
SHA-256: 6330b4c5b433ca03b089f26c9fdf58071ee087c84f9f45515ab60253fa3acb72
font_02_sfnt_off000132e4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x132E4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1