Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f34b9da31aef281b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.4 KB Created: 2021-08-24 13:38:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 6871f1912b866102f21f6a8afab76283 SHA-1: 0ae52c2bac9eb18cc6cf788a61fc43967fdacf30 SHA-256: f34b9da31aef281bfb7286ddf95fee7b8fc05e994089954258a8932b31d4c282
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure, employing a link farm strategy to direct users to potentially malicious content. The presence of numerous URLs, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites and utilizing disposable domains, strongly suggests an attempt to distribute further malware or phishing content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=392+nm+to+ft+lbs PDF link annotation
    • http://elencostruzioni.it/userfiles/files/61704314572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://statewideroadservices.com/clients/879378/File/xofipozifofavalogegivesal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092e4933746a---31195854737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9h1437aqsofj2lpiv605dlf524/89950001250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://juvelyrikoscentras.lt/Files/file/24923047770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autodilykanka.cz/cmsimple/images/file/raral.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inannamsao.com/uploads/files/bivinibapozekuka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gz-topstar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ed72bf6ebd117b9487232e5f30e3013/88374066267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dermo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611b9760b5b5e---suvilesot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drapa-technika.cz/UserFiles/File/37385400760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bizdrive.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160b47446ec3dc---82707991162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leaguengn.com/userfiles/file///68689514956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elmbbq.com/uploads/files/tufeja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alphasigmaoverseas.com/userfiles/file/xenewesejiwotesole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://victory-agency.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abcc4ad6b63---29830806107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.s-prom.si/fileupload/file/62362904653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adelaarenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4agr1uke0j1ur0vsbskv0ocj5g/56283260034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pediatricpotentialsnj.com/PP/PPpng/files/gedowobozifix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--i1aam8cb.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bf0f30ab1462803c9181027cf6c55116/70329788756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.auditek.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fd9c1fb563c---xofavevanogijusimugaliwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ms02bet.com/contents//files/12698389010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawyermo.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/bofulomoluwidigafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2dd645a9e9ec1aa8911e5ff59e9c52b3/21509140317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forumhotel.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ggtopptlc5caidcjutu1imqre6/xegasizapefusolidumiki.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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e7dc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7DC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fff3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFF3 10392 bytes
SHA-256: ca04519d7fc41dbebe5f56ebe579156caa88b76ed77e924b26bb101d1e343946
font_02_sfnt_off0001177f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1177F 17552 bytes
SHA-256: 47bffa6eb1306b48efc2252a5951dd88910915cca6bc714331edb1f509c20af7