Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 34ff06f0effb14e7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

103.2 KB Created: 2021-09-01 23:06:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: c5697c786735a335fc369c20553ce08d SHA-1: 8f00c940930d39d54690585338d18dcc780bea3b SHA-256: 34ff06f0effb14e75105500a080e17e7be3dc0d5b7b4e47a642f2718e34b22db
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It uses a remote-support lure and an urgency-based lure. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Remote-support tool lure high SE_REMOTE_SUPPORT_LURE
    Document instructs the user to install, open, or connect with a remote-support tool such as AnyDesk, TeamViewer, Quick Assist, or ScreenConnect — high-risk in an unsolicited document
  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://stark-tools.ru/images/uploaded/wofegaxefan.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://nutricion-intravenosa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/41493bab8fd5b9616cd6685614a146af/83127772285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.suffaheducation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c34e822f1aa---1052385132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fzsvybbs.at/userfiles/file/momisokivazarolam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://burstallconrad.com/editor_files/file/46257394308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pabausa.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b00e57a32ec---57148882074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fujiya-la.com/uploads/files/nupesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160898eac92c71---92492777596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stylist.in.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085f1d95b5d7---xixowigofoduri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://terlickodds.cz/www/www/fckphotos/file/19674372987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nwmanagement.ru/generic/uploaded/file/56319476653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rancholasmonturaspremios.com/campannas/file/18268679780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://morethancars.eu/uploads/edytor/file/89295167084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vandolderskb.com/images/usr/bisozagivofevil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakecountyoralsurgery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c123414f253---gevojobanilofiguzej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beribuket.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9215e54a25befe3a44c92a7ff5d8291c/35318552046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bamor.org/userfiles/file/34303616990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vom-ragnaroek.de/uploads/file/fugepug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omegapizza.net/uploads/files/disarajak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anjingliar.com/contents//files/73278838802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yas-center.ru/userfiles/file/xukegibirisoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chanhbon.vn/media/ftp/file/xomolevikaloxupetofobiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.recetasyconsejos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6b49f83719---mifedemibikukav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sindonis.com/userfiles/file/79783261232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://payassistinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098cc141b30e---pexofojewosazamow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=diablo+3+angry+chickenPDF 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_off000131af.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x131AF 10760 bytes
SHA-256: 44d964dd2c019567d24a88243de6340362f73aa97db13862d9d871370fb713c0
font_01_sfnt_off00014a5e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14A5E 17096 bytes
SHA-256: 8b5a7fd76b8ade1ed193fca4fb51e694d9d04851747de3ca51c6659233123d17
font_02_sfnt_off0001760e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1760E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1