Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f34891c17e631f46…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.8 KB Created: 2021-06-28 22:46:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 1c16e8bc0c7770f88c595378ce7f9eee SHA-1: 7af7071cf20d08c2c9dfce81a87f67cbef7c9ee8 SHA-256: f34891c17e631f46f50603c3a85a1ed88bf83d9fd9207da1da172b3d86abb85a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised WordPress installations, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of multiple external URLs points to a watering hole or phishing attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=beethoven+2nd+piano+concerto
    • http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c89b35dcab---nujedixudofez.pdf
    • http://leadershipcareer.kr/fckeditor/_upload/file/niketotirulokix.pdf
    • https://www.criteriainvest.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5bqvq7aknpuhtgqoep1v9hd27v/fajojorotupuwa.pdf
    • http://trenermichal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607731ae5c4ce---19060173091.pdf
    • https://visaonline-vn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qbp04eh5odso8a3t47pbijnjj9/65621934298.pdf
    • http://stopasbestos.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160867e8db0de4---tetemefimepi.pdf
    • http://mispuntossaga.com/campannas/file/7564038315.pdf
    • https://daleplumbinginc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/baf3ed0977c02675ab984d786b86876f/rokotawudinopezovigobeveg.pdf
    • http://www.commandinglife.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9896d17046---73355441947.pdf
    • http://www.gainerwindows.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2vmj6pfdrnner91q7leqgtpkp3/53043978224.pdf
    • http://thestarbusan.net/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210606_FE21A5A5BA72E85F.pdf
    • http://c2mag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088e330201b8---wurin.pdf
    • https://www.cukoyem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ev9paqrvgkmq6jaqu4pdmsd11/dajivomikidamitiridumoxak.pdf
    • http://miamiwars.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fc0d0723b1539ef49a20ba030e3ac60e/mitenokom.pdf
    • https://easy2ticket.com/upload/files/sezitenopegumakipil.pdf
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i9o0npl7rdtbpm49kf4tbacg5b/lolajagesu.pdf
    • https://phase1acoustics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160855ac167721---28136359784.pdf
    • https://www.explosivo.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ccf10267041fdd8120bed141aac50c6/511679087.pdf
    • http://turhantur.com/turhantur/files/numulusinafavuredop.pdf
    • https://www.fifatravels.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ab69a062b2---rinefikumatitivavefeviniz.pdf
    • https://studio45.live/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/09o63au82acver015sek497unn/86950456355.pdf
    • https://ewms.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g21cl083jmljc4chha8doha5q8/fetuwizawujologani.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f1c4.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1C4 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000109db.bin
82b54737559af6508d56a1546ffdd225cd39412634867cf22b3c4549574caa04
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109DB 10636 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012236.bin
1e38648106121564b0067491fe0a2b7a933c195e5244213d9503108230ad8c66
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12236 19620 bytes