Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b344a28241c919a8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.5 KB Created: 2021-09-04 19:17:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 44f921570dd11cea8474bdcd79d979ec SHA-1: 8791d745d457f7d93aea3035c79fbda14882e470 SHA-256: b344a28241c919a83f6b0954a1034081881eb2cf4fd955ebcd201a06bfcda1f9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, pointing to multiple PDF files hosted on potentially compromised websites, and includes a visual download button lure. The primary goal appears to be directing users to download malicious content disguised as legitimate files.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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 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 http://etnorom.hu/pictures/70044096383.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://pmrs.ps/userfiles/file/92882995844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://7onseventh.org/clients/868256/File/nadowevawipifuxolotol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.wallisandemmanuel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086cb4fde021---kewegivirifodafepugifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diversified-nj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/121543bf5aea4f8b1c41e48cbe7e5bb2/12428686929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnmrobotics.com/files/files/39000698124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cbdc.co/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vovarumego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://re-view.online/fckFiles/file/jarakem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maribon.net/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/kivabudewabelexebumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artsketch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f3b3777db72a7c308db041e33596c813/2423952471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stavbyhes.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zafedalokagabumilulefove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poiskvod.ru/images/file/ropevuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sity-luxe.ru/userfiles/file/45419347155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aartipalette.com/userfiles/file/63017984224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://temple.mo/userfiles/file/19931332264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://costanzolegal.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/fipopinumolegitofutam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poorclarescork.ie/images/27635075806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.infranetltd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094dc2823a15---xerogen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dialogueinpraxis.net/files/docs/62342222663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://choinka4x4.org/cms/files/file/1685225661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leadershipcareer.kr/fckeditor/_upload/file/kotukuru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orthopaede4you.de/userfiles/file/36997819929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://home18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad9b37a56da3dc091dbab6e39b48f2bb/25806599441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://altonika.pro/files/fck/file/19401836437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mas.vacations/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611e33bcefcd5---zipisadewikatudenokafejiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=kundalini+yoga+tamil+books+pdf+free+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_off0000ecec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECEC 11364 bytes
SHA-256: c195e4dccb7b314b172501548deccdad5368b22d0a0beaf467572caaea0fb21d
font_01_sfnt_off00010748.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10748 19416 bytes
SHA-256: 5c18eb70b6e7b8aeab4ff483a2d69afe6e54ffaade49ac8a4e7a5a65fb99bb72
font_02_sfnt_off00013a03.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A03 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1