Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a34191a0076e1e13…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.8 KB Created: 2021-06-27 05:05:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: a92f9aba8d00cc935e5ff7540a09a748 SHA-1: 1fde5c20f581e24001b1bf25608d15de861be297 SHA-256: a34191a0076e1e1359a98e561e25d38877dcde21fa0994f53a7a0468349f1c96
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. It functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external URLs, several of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics suggest an attempt to lure users to malicious content, likely for credential harvesting or further malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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 https://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=fill+the+gaps+with+the+correct+tenses
    • http://bilagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d32dace9df---zevodimijavum.pdf
    • http://minhvuongthuphap.com/upload/ck/files/nogaxoburivoritiziwido.pdf
    • http://www.circoloaletrium.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160817e79ca4ea---49389722240.pdf
    • http://villaturri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078c3b3393c3---3470639893.pdf
    • http://aucoindeshalles.com/menu/file/fuzinikejarej.pdf
    • http://cariboohose.com/userfiles/file/fijisufixematosalamilo.pdf
    • http://novaserv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cba8b463dd4---32781985009.pdf
    • https://www.geosuiteonline.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac2a07aa325---61390256165.pdf
    • http://highendschmiede.de/highendfiles/file/47013997432.pdf
    • http://wbbray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c3d292e6d8---57393741488.pdf
    • http://tumwebthailand.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nijoxusasefukelazosuvosej.pdf
    • http://sportgalaktik.sk/userfiles/file/popuvuja.pdf
    • http://jhdjt.com/images/upload/File/65907129997.pdf
    • https://pabausa.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfe98bd3bd0---38856342604.pdf
    • https://selectwifi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094b1b69da0b---pofuma.pdf
    • http://xn--or3bi2da319p.com/upload/fckeditor/file/51254275739.pdf
    • https://vuaship.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/apnllemqm22h670ugdkhhkeral/tefedijez.pdf
    • http://www.julitolaschools.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081351c23a80---70828416250.pdf
    • https://www.yoursurveysurveyors.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609239088b04b---jugixijofaxijakug.pdf
    • http://svenstavik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160897722d512a---36995560248.pdf
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/biligenisinozanexigekamek.pdf
    • https://www.certificagreen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091765b00b49---49218295684.pdf
    • https://www.sudburyhighspeedinternet.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/49c8ea0f8e59ce347ef41b5091a1ee3a/zegebudi.pdf
    • http://vksraja.in/fckeditor/upload/file/zulazukeput.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ca56.bin
f0ad93dedcb01af4439d8441d8405584835a502d03323b0318dd065c2ec1f7ef
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA56 20440 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd0b.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD0B 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011522.bin
3cf389db233cf4e7fd504ea897124fefbb47f17f5ab1db6b70d419a2e8885a50
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11522 10716 bytes