Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c34c9f248fce8b21…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.3 KB Created: 2021-09-26 23:26:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 6a56e13b257cd110811cbb8d495e240c SHA-1: a32ff8922832da670b4e1a8b4bc22d9450906ce4 SHA-256: c34c9f248fce8b21ed77f385fdfb320bc2cd923cab792ae0b4452db2cbd8b021
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF is identified as a phishing lure due to its image-only nature and embedded links, a common tactic for distributing malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The numerous embedded URLs suggest a link farm designed to redirect users to potentially compromised websites or phishing pages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 69 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=best+cross+platform+games+pc+android PDF link annotation
    • http://ecohost.ru/pics/images/file/37455671705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldgreiner.de/userfiles/file/xipikixujiwokokono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiomarazzi.eu/userfiles/files/jogunovikako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yidinfo.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ubjc6scgukkp7vvhk26b7807hs/savibuvajojomig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://victory-agency.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614707b549345---62963455861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3e-recycling.ru/app/webroot/filesfiles/52721292049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--64-mlcufjjaii0l.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f6d282b3a5e062ae74be32666e58bf92/biposofedanomol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nutrizionisti.eu/public/thread/risorse/file/52298928668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://copy2d.com/ftp/image/file/65140114122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.booster-p.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135955221db1---68885137811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ksiclubbiz.ksiclub.org/svnprojects/DHD/Source/images/files/49212211340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://songhakbbq.com/uploads/files/sedidinugejebikuzixosud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1night2day.com/ckupload/files/4408926761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cfbadalona.net/ckdata/files/tupinifudiloxumobavopimut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sangjeom.com/userfiles/file///78558156231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yongchengtech.com/uploads/files/202109140146113483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elencostruzioni.it/userfiles/files/vodezexeze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tavio.ru/files/file/loxirutulalixiwotaxuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goang-hann.com/uploads/files/202109022248327224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hani-bee.com/userfiles/files/zinifijufodamitoronik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inercial.es/uploads/files/20412673658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhatuogz.com/uploadfile/file/56703941693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cochleartudaskozpont.hu/files/memanezame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--1--8kcai1ck2bs.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c2e48ccf9cc946248ad5861fb3b17668/bazidotisuwevev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestorkate.com/uploads/ckeditor/files/69712097003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000b2ee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB2EE 11016 bytes
SHA-256: 7188fc4288593ba02203818a90a8b6897d3299f02bbe3ed8e304a7f24ede6d1c
font_01_sfnt_off0000cc56.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCC56 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e468.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE468 14044 bytes
SHA-256: bd5ef0b3c9d98ff50a2adfb1d7e8262ec58855b70f5efc1755ed5a3d8f5bde07