Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 135d4c53a7639e9e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

111.6 KB Created: 2021-10-11 01:28:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 36e38628689a99a2d18739796a0a0c6d SHA-1: 0430a372e0f059beab108415009c3ec114b14c11 SHA-256: 135d4c53a7639e9ebf4bcb1e39c15596620f068a5c395a73e8f914d55d49d69c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous URLs, many pointing to compromised websites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of PDF-specific heuristics like 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' reinforces the attack pattern of using compromised infrastructure for distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure points to a phishing or malware distribution lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9979

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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=quotes+on+maths+and+life PDF link annotation
    • http://szkolaprzybranowo.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sowosetinijuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://winteringlawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/97524225204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://patrickstaxi.fr/userfiles/file/pimux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://projetounificado.com/uploads/files/45524562995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.blackandwhite-salon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/95307360585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artemon.nl/userfiles/file/wevamefelodimejimuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sh8ke.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d8c2fbde9a---82088573983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olsztyntransportmedyczny.pl/userfiles/file/papokonapopawun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://israel-aliya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b6f44088c3463257ce75efb3fe245498/waxaxagazibakarotosax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ivanda-commerce.hr/userfiles/file/2620277677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cdmatik.com/uploads/file/bopexufoberikosasow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vsevolozhsk.mebel18.com/uploads/files/fimurivesapexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kocarbon.vn/luutru/files/96670109267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://victorylimo1.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c47f96c1d5---40279380647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pivotal-technologies.com/userfiles/file/33687226788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelite.in/userfiles/file/fivoxufozaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kltccompany.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63552848745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://go-pxl.com/uploads/files/timuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alzubidi.com/userfiles/files/tifadudekiduzixive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geometrarontani.it/userfiles/files/bajinajen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adminico.nl/userfiles/file/xebekusetukejafodes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kino-cosmik.ru/sadm_files/48927782407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.stnedu.com/ckfinder/upload/files/52655765088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://furnitura-syndicat.ru/ckeditor/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/zefirowubakixaz.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_off00014819.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14819 10680 bytes
SHA-256: a185cc4991413c9fdcee3deb224fca26e7c3e974c1c412ea27a59c63f03f1f2c
font_01_sfnt_off00016076.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16076 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00017888.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17888 21800 bytes
SHA-256: 116540218445b44d8586c9c54e7d536708b559b9d33baa87ee2458fc2154668d