Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e34109c5f081f310…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.5 KB Created: 2021-07-21 05:58:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 093300faa2306c425393a73d4670fc14 SHA-1: 1aa293869e7aae98473ca9d641cdec89a4bf2fbc SHA-256: e34109c5f081f310b316e09809d599b71100a170e450addb308ddb38f8d02e37
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link T1071.001 Web Protocols

The file is identified as a malicious PDF by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure of downloading malicious content, likely leading to further compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://studioindelicato.com/userfiles/files/nadogex.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://totaleclipsenv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ec8dd43b17---25371339042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hospedeagora.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ck17ab31ua372ju432fu75q41/jaxujegena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cedarcreeksauce.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4f46ed645fc66735ff15512a12ac8ceb/labipunurirede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gabinetpro.pl/kosmetyczka/krakow/files/verowagiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cashofferoregon.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1544aa0c33---ridegibebawoxufinaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eprobatdz.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32784258998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fkhd.cz/data/img/vipes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greyquotient.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0fd95daad1f99a5f47f6e167d797c691/87656944539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bookatowncar.com/userfiles/file/98183189947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thediethub.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3ccf27eea4---dojagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaaglcftt5alesfkk7f.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5e0c26e95333a4de0530c5d45b8f36ed/58974098408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pyroglobal.sk/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/29158498589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nickelsgrafikdesign.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xugitagabexufixajam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szao-spb.ru/images/news/file/wezalusideso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deco-interieure.com/userfiles/file/70331540550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://techlan.pl/files/file/52290087168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trungtamgiasuhcmmq.com/uplaod/quangtri/files/70894457291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aleeblog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hb1pma7crik0m5o1b147n07p44/80249072291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intechsol.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d485760a522---20783406356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchiriereelicopterromania.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acd78e5d7a3---rurululoxipivijofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cedresarquitectura.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b91bcbe34c4---nugenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ntwbearing.com/UserFiles/File/97851838430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://10glazsikeyrosa.ru/file/68134526580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.birapart.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fbba2901a7---zinezojusulepuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=eee+books+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_off0000ecba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECBA 10456 bytes
SHA-256: 992eb2504a1e9a98ab61cab0c4bd6188d4c3190ccdbac47bef020832634d22f1
font_01_sfnt_off000104a9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104A9 16844 bytes
SHA-256: 6abdcd48539269aa119bce5cc9999acbeccf470900b4872aaafe53356d55de5a
font_02_sfnt_off000130a8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x130A8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1