Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 434b564a9170a57c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.3 KB Created: 2021-07-08 20:07:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 22d4e0fa00fad352a79fe0377399897c SHA-1: 5c1897d48f0a5bc2dda9ea5addb7ebd2392c3168 SHA-256: 434b564a9170a57c52b65f3612f2651bdeb8730671c8dc287f2f3fc45c7ab297
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and flagged by an ML classifier, indicating malicious intent. Heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised websites, likely to facilitate a phishing or malware download scheme. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports this attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://alignerco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05db421f5e881a4d08022e1715d2954b/90304853661.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cee930314d6---91595414369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.miamiairportlimo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e1108a4647---52795320332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baikalspring.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84457450756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fsreloading.com/userfiles/files/37139843573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://audiomaster.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074510ca9766---47544709146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rufullthrottle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160884e7a16bdf---95423773550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://finances-canada.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b8bc5372f8e24f4b0a13ca8765533b7f/lalekobilizov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.horisunmauritius.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b104672e51c17a9e022f648d67782a0b/dilefezegidojuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aravlicraft.com/cmsCart//upload/file/31296642244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://airflow-skateboards.com/userfiles/files/guzugoxeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://event-connections.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608dccd441cdf---22833996442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://popnmusic.fr/userfiles/file/61509353139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tofuyatogo.com/uploads/files/80841803005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fullx.net/files/62923563296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--1--8kcai1ck2bs.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f169da7c9e7f8cb27ca828119525f31/mukitizutasujumaxurodani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studio45.live/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t7tk8ecih1fil5tu6eesqu31ar/40882517247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cargo3030.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0eed23996c---76715167921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jcca.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f21e4793b0---62422058596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longarmacademy.net/fckeditor/userfiles/file/suwafowowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbnbd9chja.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/tufewexomat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globalclassic.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/190tk5fqor47vr7j42epn2rh7d/rurisedorajepuvutej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asthasupermarket.com/userfiles/file/88750274033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://loca-granderoue-montaletang.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14906333507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=grid+lined+paper+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_off0000ea78.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA78 10144 bytes
SHA-256: 28ac18e8b553540d5a5dec6cf3b8a241b2fce6b2d6aba2c4d184a4375f70e3d2
font_01_sfnt_off00010128.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10128 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001193a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1193A 17304 bytes
SHA-256: b0561d0841735e2b09284d4716a56585f247ba68ec9a4213b1120621dfba39eb