Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 335285f2bdec6d84…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.1 KB Created: 2021-08-28 02:23:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-07
MD5: a1484b95c703b886638d4da28732ef1b SHA-1: 036e6c1e905e93164df0095cb62d056c036f3f80 SHA-256: 335285f2bdec6d84fe03bad5d02838ba408a70d909d5b56971b65c8e4bfb008f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It functions as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to compromised CMS upload directories and disposable hosting. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics suggest it is designed to redirect users to malicious content or facilitate the download of further malware, likely via a spearphishing attachment vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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 http://kojeneckezbozi.eu/userfiles/file/wafuwe.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://glina-master.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9688389104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suhrsmad.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091b5fb80b69---87006328416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pfgpartners.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d94bb2120d---76283807525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viethanit.vn/hinhanh/file/jufadexutosukojekusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tmtteks.com/files/44540257435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhactheducthammy.com/upload/files/tobavap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupogmec.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f8973af6bb---lusodenesiwozogifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slp72.com/clients/7/7b/7b902bee17765b19ebdde6030f24742d/File/samaniz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hi-reid-solutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b14b2e7e07139670a931774e2673924a/zitusolunagugexivevora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ikedatosou.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ebd2977bdb---wexupovamewuwofekojoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rowtheerne.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/67a5e08b37414c1a98052e916f7719df/pewubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pattyn360.com/upload/forum/files/85790004896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cameranichietsu.com/luutru/files/vebolorewijik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sanvexe.vn/webroot/img/files/17299650595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glass-haus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1e47738a6120f459467a33d5cfb43b97/nivuzewodagotojupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.belladermeestetica.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fd7e286f525---xuteduzozavoxexowuvawavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brusroom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d21095bd67ba2a6e99aef4984df2216/pimiku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://english-island.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vrcc7723a2qlcjn66nhb550810/38392520583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.loicadesacavem.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fe33849b3c---94890863828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manchetenewsms.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51799752413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hiddencliff.kr/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210712_ABCE1CC370AF6DAA.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sesc-am.com.br/Selecao/ckfinder/files/xifumomufivotifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reifenscho.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082bf4c4aedb---laxokisusadezutazusebip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=first+conditional+interrogative+formPDF 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_off0000c94c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC94C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e163.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE163 10864 bytes
SHA-256: bc93552ace3bb0d8cb83de22f48c884dc50170517176389272972cb708714990
font_02_sfnt_off0000fa48.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA48 16884 bytes
SHA-256: 4a2a7f4805b9aef5fd6d9c89128d4e353194cb78019408c4d303fe29c49a0a62