Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d34167596fa1c2a0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.4 KB Created: 2021-09-05 18:13:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: c6a0a29951f17b312d45519edc8da276 SHA-1: 7a6d3f2227e45bb43162e76f7b1ec5d2989d9521 SHA-256: d34167596fa1c2a09e4a0c4c1e0f697f41b69b716a93036577c2470512b6ed71
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. The presence of external URIs and compromised CMS upload links suggests an attempt to lure users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9765

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://martybermanassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/13f73714598900f31ac77c4d244b3350/tezolure.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://paulsaperstein.com/userfiles/files/8278340169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antwerp-rentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16117970ad8d88---46468943116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://g-ortho.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b990d2a238b---pevumuvawewekigovegasofol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiolaviano.it/userfiles/files/ripezurana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theelementrama9.com/userfiles/files/wadurubafavevobepopagosip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gplacestracker.com/userfiles/file/34087860769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kingwrapcarspa.com/upload/files/voxagokaxibajokunamoveg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lapawan15.com/shop/fck_file/file/wudil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jfefood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2d95c40f31e8715f0334fadc9e223620/41582012167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rencontres-icare.org/userfiles/file/79675408064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jooli.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29503556905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sdyh.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fctbui62h4i76qf3pjk9v2ns84/rasojibilas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wasserentkalkung.at/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sexazipasipopofadevofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jyapa.com/jhuoyue/uploadfiles/38997007592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.actionconstructionjax.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/555c8008d734aeca4b6b5001cb08e86b/jinifobuvabulodegixoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.straightmyteeth.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/943d06ed0dbe743d4449e4270f5b0be8/nudovaduzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scbczy.cn/up_files/file/20210814_155705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.victorian-manor.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16108938a72966---68942457810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alkalacarservice.com/public_html/userfiles/file/nafopenej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meteosputnik.ru/userfiles/file/38481414526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taxicityplus.ru/userfiles/file/53554868577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saipanbooking.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210624_4E583AE901DF6184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.associatedomains.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afc4ffeb314---91837945091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joepromenshealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5477710a9da69955c8232429fc391968/4951781237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.expo-hotel.com/english/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607929324d4d6---mijisolopowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=god%27s+promises+for+your+every+need+pdfPDF 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
stream_003_off0000fc7c.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0xFC7C 17124 bytes
SHA-256: b57bcbd2c7be64b4a1ea8b2e87508cc5f69351a500271b52be075d05aac235be
font_00_sfnt_off0000e46b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE46B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000115db.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x115DB 18804 bytes
SHA-256: 52a4cc992d070cd1252af7b7ad8cf2314a7a661466c0eda8eadaf65b51646e6e
font_03_sfnt_off000146a0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x146A0 10704 bytes
SHA-256: 745265fc7613aa552ff8a8c7ffc4b72bc7aeea39a2715764ae25f5ab25b5384a