Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ab34f8a602f21422…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.6 KB Created: 2021-06-26 09:19:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: f71b6aaa31ca8d8d67063d93a3ad4b84 SHA-1: b74f6e442f85c53fae2070416384c2397fad9b63 SHA-256: ab34f8a602f2142248b9cbedf9bc45bf4dd0edce25eadf97f58ae82a33d05f41
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, indicating a link farm or phishing lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with phishing or malware distribution campaigns.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

Heuristics 7

  • 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 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 http://www.biotanika.pl/upload/file/20228073567.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://livingkaneohe.com/userimages/furakamonumogelumuvodafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/og9kut8r9faat7eug3p5nliu30/jalipojaxoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://conexus-study-abroad-travel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/file/20248993564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ainut.fi/userfiles/file/zetenapofomewuporivorun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f0gap7039mb05sb033rodae0n0/gesekozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://banghenails.com/upload/file/gedemabizibotupevirepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hagensmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607880b11303c---97666804170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aacf8a5bb8f---95702778423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ankaser.com/userfiles/file/65360930579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhythmcprandfirstaid.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8d515b4c94179801ad33c634d8aa065/98759296590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manufim.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608454427ff46---10456450571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.barankayalar.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8fb5488142---jomajobefudat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.brennholz-heinlein.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ef8ae7def0---62540314935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reflexlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e07ea0fc968a3f86044e6cb7ab98f934/togolexoropolexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://winston-woodward.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/63ce08f4b9e5fd24a1dd637e6b94e706/1527815812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anpheatingandac.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/tugolofafokakuzajimiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iqubz.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608258beeae38---ronixagojuzadubosedapopol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxitelt.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8ef3fe64e6---62537679474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b5519e6919---rexivobuxufolifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olterus.com/contents//files/88680092778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beldaoyun.com/calisma2/files/uploads/xilija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artbynela.com/uploads/file/jizesezalejusupavipodones.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=pulled+upper+chest+musclePDF 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_off0000e845.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE845 10404 bytes
SHA-256: b472c06ede1481b1a337e9651ea1f5e164f8da1057f2f9cf8c7d859470a7d901
font_01_sfnt_off0000ffd5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFD5 16068 bytes
SHA-256: c9a9d8f86a02e221437c950bc22a6e03611548a3cde03e791babcde3ff8337c3
font_02_sfnt_off0001295a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1295A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1