Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 34f338c69aa38264…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.2 KB Created: 2021-06-29 08:12:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: e816cb465e331ff8c9071333968d668f SHA-1: 0f284119028c442d8d86f70648fc47d994739ae8 SHA-256: 34f338c69aa38264769c0fe9745c2d3893c03128857c4aff1ba2ec8493687b86
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other domains, indicating a link farm designed to host malicious content. Heuristics like 'PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK' and 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' strongly suggest this is a phishing or malware distribution lure. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 7

  • 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 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 https://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=current+discount+rate+for+npv+2021 PDF link annotation
    • http://www.victoriousintl.com/new/resource/files/tilur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.emma-solutions.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f30377f004---xapexinuweroveda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://happyhanool.com/ckupload/files/40714307192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/122f1dcce4483b738cf26f11e3caa3fb/49855115425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bizdrive.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160d364ad26f26---maleguledadarewajuboguma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aberdeeneyes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079aa738752b---82430686582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://singaporeroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9e534d38598c682cc9c3071a5e791fa8/93091953608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://c2mag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a26a0f253a3---fakugobeluzuvorad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://churchosonline.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2cee09d5c8d8bd4737642ef93349c817/63443818527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a762c722279---fumitegid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingspec.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7jhm60c4d1iddfqn5aa1bnba4q/devitar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noble-worldwide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c1b62588b2a8611af7196f13bcc0a32/vumidopelozewikipet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pferde-fuer-unsere-kinder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d84d2ee6f52---vakibukinopusijusaligip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m9ch4le7q43guo481b46b3io36/43344320403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.photobreak.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d6af4305757---biwodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aimara-bg.com/userfiles/file/pezakapumalepigezefomedej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diysmart.net/userfiles/file/95480337137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abeess.com/userfiles/file/rebud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amenagementsoleil.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bca186b393f---tibejerajawevesedivuti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phantasos.org/userfiles/file/97941299774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://area34.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e5bpf4107hhgo26hqjsgoaue5/xememoxurunowefil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://patriot.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u7nqeqhrk3uupgpae88ciahdig/bogekagile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dichvutheapec.com/upload/FCK/file/dobexozutetila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.endthestigmacounselling.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/89su5q0grh4u129uvaemlau9h4/dositasil.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_off0000f669.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF669 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010e80.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E80 11060 bytes
SHA-256: d0d28c832546471098e7e79eed1eeccb7ceb140c0b2de2ef6dc66f7152e97e9c
font_02_sfnt_off0001287d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1287D 17284 bytes
SHA-256: c0d7f1e4b9f967ff30d0c08a676a0dffb4bdd9a4343a83ebe9ef4625a1224794