Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 34f29d93005d7ab7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.8 KB Created: 2021-09-12 00:18:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 617d208ee284ce0213602fc5ed4d52b7 SHA-1: ae113ca8979049030f10d9ffcc00270e16b4b44c SHA-256: 34f29d93005d7ab770a8962e2cb7d5fc66c3a2b464014764b2083e0c10f61084
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.001 User Execution: Malicious Link

The PDF was flagged by ClamAV as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' and ML classifiers indicated a high probability of maliciousness. Heuristics indicate the PDF functions as a link farm, pointing to multiple compromised or disposable hosting sites, likely to distribute phishing content or further malware. The presence of numerous external URIs and the 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' heuristic strongly suggest this malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9943

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://gr-chem.com/upload/files/47779340680.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://mebelihome.ru/upload_picture/63879017606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mymovingestimate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8471d11726d999b171e2bd55c9a56460/54631361867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kortennis.co.kr/B/ck/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fuzojanipilibutepemaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kubkao-kubpla.com/userfiles/files/32422469729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hondasushi.com/uploads/files/bewefumuzaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skiflogistics.ru/userfiles/file/zutofefebaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haps.company/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/956580d3d5f7ce37fced89a9be8df2bd/rejubotozobagiwuxubobufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loyallcanada.net/editor_files/file/81809893909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagiez.com/userfiles/file/93945992932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zhongzing.com/uploads/files/202109111711377772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://madmojo.com/fckupload/file/bokogevafumomen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://divodizain.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72245834134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apex-architect.ru/images/file/72018421526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thuephotocopytaihanoi.com/upload/files/rekafena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjuryalbuquerque.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m1he24j4d6mjeei003r910chtu/14473055113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avenirpourtous.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161350c7b187e1---87278947439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://magiccat.pro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vipupafusuvob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.audifonosdoshoydos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613af5a7c4a01---tomuxidatalatudibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dsverano.com/UserFiles/File/navibovegidevunoxal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hulstcustoms.ru/uploads/files/veraneki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpagesl.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161330e4b2b09b---wulet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://voolabs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161321b1a07e87---xebozeli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://innovaciones-plasticas.com/imagenes_cont/sitio/documentos/vosevakivokuxesigefer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=advantages+of+using+interviewsPDF link annotation
    • http://kioskcondoweb.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613549aad4e54---wozirikevut.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_off0000ca21.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA21 16644 bytes
SHA-256: bd3ad36b64dbbee674d7ce3032debb12f8aa50ec2f2dd5bedcd7632d55f8f316
font_01_sfnt_off0000f4ef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4EF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010d06.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D06 10716 bytes
SHA-256: d276a67f211946e46fc0368ade8fff63403d876487a6a90a4248637210d105f5