Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e34ff8dbf848f9ae…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.7 KB Created: 2021-09-23 00:51:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 54596740299640e9cea26e7ec3e2a770 SHA-1: 2c5a9220d5ac1a945854409d0a937fe66db38c22 SHA-256: e34ff8dbf848f9ae455b7dc148b7c87205943b3a3255fa9917aec0e2ee59b257
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to various domains, some of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The presence of embedded JavaScript and the nature of the links suggest an attempt to exploit vulnerabilities or redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious classification, likely as a phishing or malware distribution vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9833

Heuristics 8

  • 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 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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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 http://garmaclima.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/27151014947.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://butterfly-propertymanagement.com/userfiles/file/14291499453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.performhabitat.fr/bundles/astadmin/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jotesovozuwukigobipev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reklama-kemerovo.ru/files/files/nidufelatini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blessingsngo.in/userfiles/files/86314858013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marcelasemper.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161340919707da---35255122044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hyundai-dongdo.vn/images/files/jadafemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lenaoyunlar.net/calisma2/files/uploads/80324674028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://royal-pizza.eu/files/file/nikupedumumagil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tecnobor.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66587961128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://next-engineering.com/userfiles/files/4237918556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kalatranslation.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b6irjohdkj0b4rocrrmsg5urr6/56112688925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ericshartman.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/noluzikekakukawinubob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.grundys.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e40453479e---junoxinuwemanokapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.babetravelling.com/ckfinder/userfiles2/files/xibokewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bienbao.net/uploads/files/gopefurudabubumefesufeta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deepex.hu/hirek/files/75014696831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/49dc5a981e903989597f5f0c3c483537/49003787487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://puzynowska-kancelaria.com/userfiles/file/22378475423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jagamimpi.net/contents/files/savafisuredawefugugeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandwatergatehotel.com/upfile_hotel/files/9085373263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://a-guskov.ru/uploads/files/84608584499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qhzs88.com/admin/fckeditor_upfiles/file/2021091703594680554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lexprikson.com/admin/style/images/userfiles/file/wutibinewilukonowela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anoh.net/pds/userfiles/files/kadolekivot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ozona.pt/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/wysiwygfiles/file/41536050488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lengthening-sldf.com/userfiles/file/75548742700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=vivo+y11+funtouch+os+10+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_off0000d223.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD223 19048 bytes
SHA-256: 9573a739978438ee6982fd27fb12325182b7cef6f1945c2c91fcff16128e0f81
font_01_sfnt_off0001040e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1040E 10852 bytes
SHA-256: 4d7dcfcdeb9ff8be03d9f16064087c51a8bb9a03a1ffc870abc8caead0e6bac1
font_02_sfnt_off00011d39.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D39 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1