Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 434bf06b5f271caa…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.6 KB Created: 2021-09-14 08:46:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 8cf8838ae8b846d3b6d099b183638a68 SHA-1: a22abe9504145b9102a3e970b6320962fb73065d SHA-256: 434bf06b5f271caacd37ff0199d210c6a4887429a55186ced4ccaccdf29ba310
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious document, potentially leveraging embedded JavaScript for further exploitation.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://binhruamuinanobac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2eenef9bu7j4kqbpv1dpoomtvb/31510119548.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://drlanda.hu/user/file/48842593819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://volkshilfe-vlbg.at/images/content/files/nelokinixofevab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.restorationservice.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161400064965c1---miwilur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fizjoactiv.eu/Upload/file/59846065548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thibiditrading.com/public/userupload/files/78789885490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://poojaindiangrill.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/11204057904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topenglish.sk/app/webroot/gallery/files/buvuwomakolugowawufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shotclock.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ed7c056469f421d978ed4ec01262a302/74797253490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stringladies.cz/userfiles/68719212061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agape4u.org/userfiles/file/lojalanunusudutaratukeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abbeloosschinkels.be/userfiles/file/47559344184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r0njbfflrmtqi5qerlmnn7ke10/pamivoxupamunuporisuwis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luxcottage.ru/stroykamen/userfiles/file/lebidagodonanelemuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://himalmanpower.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43420315269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jaunimodienos.lt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jv3g2pejqvclehno5i7nfmfjsg/91955683162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wolfpackbasketballacademy.com/content_docs/8287978861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://101balkon.ru/upload/files/81653687698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--42cfa4ewb0a0b3fwh.com/imageupload/files/radovugudonime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topnotchimports.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90597178935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chamdure.com/DATA/files/23357123649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilyxrace.com/userfiles/files/45381334832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mintaialuminum.com/d/files/majekawesikowerosasuloro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marinapogon.pl/upload/file/14274627309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perles-del-beya.com/userfiles/file/jixom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=mobdro+tv+guide+app+downloadPDF 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_off0000c5ee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC5EE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000de00.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE00 16308 bytes
SHA-256: a316653bb00fe9a0479f9fcb18f39845eb9995a092a1fedead6d6f21a3e42e6f
font_02_sfnt_off000107e3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107E3 10784 bytes
SHA-256: a4842c61056c51f598d07b20de136de42988e21a08c0014a114728ebfa59072f