Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0c35af4f7b3fccd0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.3 KB Created: 2021-09-08 19:58:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 8abf31120eac96eed1a09fc5bd604513 SHA-1: 165c238a8ac76654f9210363b34e03c1a839829f SHA-256: 0c35af4f7b3fccd069121a89a1a903e8630ada1cfe8f33220a8187811ccd4c37
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link T1071.001 Web Protocols

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to external sites, with some hosted on compromised CMS uploads, indicating a link farm or phishing lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to trick users into downloading further malicious content or visiting phishing sites. The presence of a visual download button further supports a deceptive user interaction.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://another-partner.morefriendship.com/upload/files/vategixedonumatilevewumif.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://studioguatta.it/userfiles/files/xekelirekonewolepapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orarestauratorisaf.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613205544b7a9---gajijujuwelad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bannhuaduong.net/upload/files/90683886948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ingatlantv.tv/userfiles/files/51392962570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpishio1.com/contents/files/35283071259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kzlo.pl/fotki/fotki/file/tevidubatero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7422ee739d71f0dd8f3af8d7bc452aae/semanom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bloomland.com/sites/bloomland.com/files/31041964722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://azco.friend-match.com/upload/files/58658861114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://srividyaastrology.com/userfiles/file/bosuteniteziwizude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sake2metustin.com/uploads/files/vusurozadoxof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwingsjanaf.com/uploads/files/86492247864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://serka.com/serka/upload/files/rugiwejel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gsxr.hu/userfiles/file/44532301307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://one9five.com/userfiles/files/68310328952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baltic-rt.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/petupuvipudosazebidiguk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.burnat-provins.ch/ck/ckfinder/userfiles/files/digixuvoxosemonabif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gc-antey.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tozekeniwaluxuxikemup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shopgraeagle.com/ckeditor/uploads/files/jugalesidogemuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gleb777.com/fck_upload/file/ximukunalup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mountainbrookbuilders.com/home/mountain/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fivapilukesesuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adiwirawanbali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d4e97e79e1183a56e220a6c92fbdb6e1/samalatemiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.brennholz-heinlein.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136ee3c9e112---zenetanetujitarureveluvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=peterson+tuner+manualPDF 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_off0000e8ce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8CE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000100e5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100E5 10276 bytes
SHA-256: 54835b0a13384837d3ab9e0389c8d2ec690bddf53f95f7f5b761275a653465fe
font_02_sfnt_off00011811.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11811 18280 bytes
SHA-256: 74bf3ce3a50f46c074c4f007d03b8c7848a1274e90184ae0481ea8fdb8d9dfd5