Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f34884c4180091e8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.9 KB Created: 2021-08-31 07:17:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 8664e9f6fc34feb9edcbb6af46cd2049 SHA-1: 6993ccab3655facde6e599e6f369b8709e65de97 SHA-256: f34884c4180091e8ecc45f27bf4dfc0d3f37493b7f197b3cd4cb96cf0511f794
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, specifically as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, pointing to numerous compromised WordPress sites and other domains hosting PDF files. These links likely serve as lures for phishing attacks or to distribute further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://gamletaarnhuset.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c495137028b---negivabovimirojoxigimaf.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.web2business.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b63945415b1---vudekitekevagifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alternativefitness.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098d41555c18---3484615458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fluffy-chins.com/images/file/fikibavupovada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipceurope.com/assets/file/96072171903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://casaatlantida.com/userfiles/file///tewejovetujebeguguzeseje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-antwerp.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607df64463761---21074952992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thevisionkharj.com/userfiles/files/48983212675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adatechotomasyon.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3607838723---21338520250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd4e05c7b26---40643359834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ayurmitra.com/files/file/18630049589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----dtbhwhggdaoqfh3d.xn--p1ai/media/file/30453688652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://associazionemusicaviva.it/uploads/file/55273636252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://powermailer.in/userfiles/file/81315021172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naturallabs.fr/userfiles/file/95328230603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elonsummerstorage.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076f90a011bb---xitafadumex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://az4group.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afa22b5a7de---bolezavanibirinurawudiput.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hauptsache.cc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160872f3d68a6d---ruragolatadanuxofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prsnashville.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/07bf8abbf21ec4d3eb0e5607186278a0/ruvovubegobazorivuxejawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amezdigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc9212be95c39e55c6aa6a4df576a04e/nuraguj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lotuscourtpune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kjfl7j6g0onjg5k1ee82ro9hm5/fipoxipudijutufere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-hematologica.com/users//file/naxesovakufilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fashioncenterpoint.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/15a3f47d78f736bcecfb4ae627d9bdaf/31596052833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://obrienbuilders.com/userfiles/file/89865927002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=on+the+pulse+of+morning+full+poemPDF 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_off0000e2a2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2A2 17868 bytes
SHA-256: d16c63582293846f40e6379c481bd3c4e52f2b10c7a1a5ed551521bcfb73e89f
font_01_sfnt_off000110c8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110C8 10768 bytes
SHA-256: a6a30930d9e903baed49400ad22063883e1f7de8afc66c03144305d0c278157f
font_02_sfnt_off0001295b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1295B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1