Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d34072881eff8f1f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.6 KB Created: 2021-09-03 04:13:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 43501d2a8a765421d3c33a3592368079 SHA-1: 286a81d219230240f43c7765bd16c700fd33e165 SHA-256: d34072881eff8f1f3de2a8f1bc7642203e90ffd0ad67b3cd7ae012fe338a48b2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit vulnerabilities or redirect users to malicious sites. Several heuristics indicate the PDF is part of a link farm hosted on potentially compromised or disposable domains, suggesting an attempt to distribute phishing content or malware. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports a malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9770

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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://samoinstitute.mn/uploads/assets/file/posotubaxipaluwemetabalox.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://dmvassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ec7641b5990da4a642d2db66c2bd7a38/85644972815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vico-domrep.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sopupudonewigupusaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tif.cn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1g0c14232jk76gd12uq2q3aura/babug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://codienlanhminhquang.com/upload/files/11826969433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://puertoestereo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7f4acm7q28hagch4jrtsd3efv5/dofosaburawelutabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ucity68.com/clients/e/ea/ea220da86df44fb0ae3b7c8e8295ccc1/File/69973934670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pass-eco-energies.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mizarutujegij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ascinfratech.com/clientprojects/trading/file/79940597994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ovev9m4hi61t0jodprjc4294l1/zadalopubewewol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akproauto.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/22651587280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://healingpawswisconsin.org/clients/a/a9/a991db820639e3552774ed9a746c1e3b/File/8726160824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dailyxedayhang.com/userfiles/files/webalonudovomadul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adiwirawanbali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/29a73c93a6189ffa602666d8c8bad34c/vokewovazugifurali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ustunongel.com/image/files/fatawilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soba05.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a8606f51bcc124f37b6caba9c0cc4358/volemasupazal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://larrysiegellaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/mitaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--szabowski-tub.pl/userfiles/file/sovasora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webtraffic.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5kp2nr441e9nif1564n6mohg9t/54216872118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaexpansionjoint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082ee217b229---28450086152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vibrosystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16100443ca57e9---42368535883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://446888.top/userfiles/file/61864057549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geoscan.it/userfiles/files/19766924693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serendipityorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160871c5063113---ligifopelurut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wacee.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b1b3460bf6---62106976755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rc-modeller.se/images/file///23050447437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=necronomicon+original+pdf+t%C3%BCrk%C3%A7ePDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e01c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE01C 7380 bytes
SHA-256: bd471966bd4d8db7d84fd336349cec396a4b55fe68fec8146af2249b1d41adb8
font_01_sfnt_off0000f901.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF901 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011118.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11118 11256 bytes
SHA-256: c20248b77750f837c449c9cedb90088cbf3d963d089984abe05cda02a40c8d80
font_03_sfnt_off00012ade.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12ADE 19312 bytes
SHA-256: 5a75fe5d7b32cb1468cc5663b3a29fb09b21d74875d80098a9928ad315f59e5d