Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fb34ce3822d9f251…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.7 KB Created: 2021-07-20 09:27:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 255b459fd367258308dafdb796d85eaf SHA-1: 5bba6662c9f6056b5450c2ce0e8672a773327581 SHA-256: fb34ce3822d9f2510db9431a2f45461d4ec86dec1d0e602f5e5a854961c64695
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, forming a link farm. This suggests the primary purpose is to redirect users to malicious or phishing content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further confirm its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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 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://gasnguyenanhst.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80925502931.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://adamlegal.com/userfiles/file/masireg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asiadomainstore.com/userfiles/file/1645332006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://okinawa4d.com/contents//files/3983952187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k9-warrior.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/desatmg51t0d9pfq7q74eg4e07/614865250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phuwangnam.com/user_file/file/12631484837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fixmyhelicopter.com/project-new/christianbook/upload_images/file/wulevovebokeratipovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schodylux.pl/userfiles/file/zezewoxosigenisurivone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sherwoodchambergolf.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jekutekowefozaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dialogueinpraxis.net/files/docs/safapolegobudivarelasixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thejasmineway.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/487tj2b5t3virgtfqpi4qb40re/40245081288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blindnow.com/userfiles/file/pimop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chocolatycakes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f8dc3bd719---jusudiwijapenadojomepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pal-kont.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f729f86d7330e8e86818d57c52425aef/31173443811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tencanpowder.com/d/files/79488133073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.psstrecno.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc8cd4d37b---51453228610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rockfallco.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f108d282ad---53458048636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sciencevier.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ed9ea166db3---xiwepiwuriw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chupwo.com/editor_upload/file/17011299282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterok-kovka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3fab0c16aaf4a82c45b161892a6a00da/zemujuwarunanemuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bf-pomosch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pbth1p1o77keg3235r0028um66/gogobikej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baschin-heizung.com/meineBilderAlbertGrundschule/file/9245261668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ncfouting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d3c3f1dd6d---7180393941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modelkyujin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8f1f1b8f1f---xusifevovinizejireruf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=opposite+word+for+difficultPDF 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_off00010e01.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E01 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00012613.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12613 17392 bytes
SHA-256: fdf09f5d6bca78d522693ba379f22218961cf45a1a464979d466089de642f10a
font_02_sfnt_off000153be.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x153BE 10560 bytes
SHA-256: 9292cd79d2cdc74a6cd2012ee6fbbc8c4694a48d58d76afff812a66279009351