Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f034a8c1d76a6766…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.0 KB Created: 2021-09-04 14:38:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: d67f594ab0a19a4702fe16f774963d8d SHA-1: fe2fdc139f5884d963ba7392bccc73b83717a373 SHA-256: f034a8c1d76a6766ff000970c7a41b73b91dc7933d9cab47deb09e60ec38edac
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit PDF vulnerabilities or redirect users to malicious sites. Several heuristics indicate the PDF acts as a link farm, pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports a malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9827

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 http://huarui-bio.com/upload/files/genovesagovoli.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://serdceprirody.ru/userfiles/file/garukogowekuduzegesaxuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perechen-izdaniy.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16653068671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.redactordecontenidos.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160906b9d84c68---suxepogatoziduxevilunav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grimastone.ru/files/77644953874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-krasnogorsk.ru/upload_picture/file/jikosaxefuzipalex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thebetterinsurance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a008d973df3---pejemofaguxelatokajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.itbaloch.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160717a0f0f22b---vofoxivuboxodidovuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://structurecreative.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160728eb9c472c---74664035132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://basisangka.com/contents//files/46911957777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://focalthai.com/file_media/file_image/file/semoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://threadworx.com/thread/admin/uploads/file/dodujafoteroxosito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchirieriavioane.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f364e07b1e3---zujaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arredamentigiacobbe.it/file/rixemutodawab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.champcaregivers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b433fcc18dc---dawutosulomifemefevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reversetheclocknow.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42317586402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://x04ydivan.ru/userfiles/file/rowavetazajuwuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ngoctraithaibinhduong.com/uploads/news_file/womej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parzenica-bialka.pl/userfiles/files/reruzew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spherule.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bd8fe754ddb2d962a2b25746e02f2050/43539545224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.oasipizza.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afa1c2a0a56---kedarireni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sgestrecho.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d9abcf653fc---20251200941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sandzak.best/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7266e208f383e705868172602ee7e010/pomikovomab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjallstar.com/upload/file/50880162984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constructionone.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa90308db26---15523211136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alemotta.com/resources/original/file/9387317877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ibadirect.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac8c2a44ffd---31562667736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=maths+is+fun+algebra+worksheetsPDF 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_off0000c5cf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC5CF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000dde1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDE1 17076 bytes
SHA-256: 6e59d66097e7cdd5c34d90e93698dd3b6d1d127597f5121a34695e3755562853
font_02_sfnt_off00010942.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10942 10904 bytes
SHA-256: 61afab4c3a382d6a134b99cd778033a94f5b575c4f5a47d65d8f1116d76e114a