Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e34b418458b36814…

MALICIOUS

PDF

99.9 KB Created: 2021-08-11 04:36:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: 51bcc02f807808e814701f23efc7a9f4 SHA-1: fd58375b7b0cbcb1105a10c7eb9275aed3a342b3 SHA-256: e34b418458b3681435d3238a2f1930c1f33e347a103634c40ac8d5326619420e
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting, indicating a likely phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the presence of numerous external URLs suggests the document's primary purpose is to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9884

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
  • PDF link to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=can+you+watch+hulu+live+tv+on+roku+stick PDF link annotation
    • http://plenar.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096490e8dc6e---83761257440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nirmalapublicschoolerumely.com/userfiles/file/26178348860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rorolaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/54893611252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musiconthebay.org/clients/2/26/269dd5bc96e197da989a8dccc71442af/File/45010059159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ckh7hahf58lic8ha7ir0rdmhcs/65306044636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sgotomotiv.org/upload/files/6845711366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://growmytruck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/082cc22dcee27f751a5ccf9d04cb528e/sowopexiziwefuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zulassung4you.de/bilder/file/47324364830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anfauglir.com/images/file/98558861315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskywinnerinternationalaward.com/clientMedia/file/belejitezive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angerdress.store/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pirurevasogigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shinyjewellers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/68h717f1slp41bi8jk2b0arqqq/terubefowexenef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chono.mn/uploads/userfiles/files/godajujuromukewag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solarhomepage.ch/fckeditor/editor/images/file/88396582739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parfumland.sk/upl/gukaxozivakigarufodeku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoshiftbid.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/20337446022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vsetinrally.cz/userfiles/file/xotologupakebejanopexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://people11people.gr/uploads/File/kozakepikub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sakra.sk/storage/file/11039357293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kadh.kr/bobod/upload/file/kuvuwiroza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fablab808.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/78174591778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sakitonus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b50b63bb1852ff67492350abe1b27c66/basedoki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://provisionsinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f8c388fc14---nomamabinudomapotovat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://simovi.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b878a26306---27532968300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brunsfamilyreunion.org/clients/e/e7/e70b0594429ddd28dfd4dd2f61c76e80/File/jopaleremawivomogubaxeke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tkpmission.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cb1f0659d0---banunidaxovo.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00010783.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10783 16144 bytes
SHA-256: fcca37035df06e555c2991ff65faa0e8497ca6423bee408ebc46b3aef925b516
font_01_sfnt_off00011cfe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CFE 18520 bytes
SHA-256: 6db26d1fbc5356e7d0c06b7efeb92135c034cc173501e0e44025036da8d4c1b9
font_02_sfnt_off00014d8e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14D8E 10816 bytes
SHA-256: 4dd1908ee0cac06a0b10a12461a0487c02b5bddead8534711c09696f52d2798a
font_03_sfnt_off00016691.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16691 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1