Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 35053c2974221ef2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.2 KB Created: 2021-09-19 05:02:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: b3ffb6d688012a19e969a028bb082d68 SHA-1: 97dfe1a80d4a01064d590405112e24e564df2fc1 SHA-256: 35053c2974221ef210d176c389493aa0566d4b43d1fc84e1efcc8baf0b23e19f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains a link farm pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of embedded URLs and the heuristic for a 'download button lure' indicate a phishing or social engineering attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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://seoulgreeter.com/userData/board/file/lirawera.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://htfcompact.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8536c25dbe58ab8ec018a4eea44dea69/15898142488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haisanquangninh.org/data/dulieu/files/18626729880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hydrogears.com/survey/userfiles/files/nuxisanavuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lesmashclub.com/imgUpload/files/tepajuzajukopafudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onekaddy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161421b0c19b91---21533199461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuacuongiare.vn/upload/files/fabizipuxajimos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://embassyinvietnam.com/webroot/img/files/logodetibewopalagugixal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://matharu.ae/userfiles/file/70053660912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saiprogetti.net/userfiles/files/70947964973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ganan10.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f07a704241---526303501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwcolley.com/uploads/files/domaxuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salwex.hu/file/35612931495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanleyresources.com/images/63737073492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metabolit.ru/files/file/buzazerirabawifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primer-spb.ru/files/files/kikojenomuzalogufos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotechike.com/files/files/77819345941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://siripanyalamphun.com/user_img/files/letuluxenafofepejosub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apluskleaning.com/admin/images/file/nugedamorasul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omonetach.pl/foto/ilustracje/file/10276492823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vanprodukt.cz/UserFiles/File/33316990580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://macleanpinesdrivingschool.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/654b03b408322b8af8e3f59a825c1bea/50632106256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anpo.vn/upload/files/57083338092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.geya99.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/famedavirudizefowapibud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scuderieverdina.it/scuderia/userfiles/file/88261492712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a2kat.ru/userfiles/file/77972582098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=garena+free+fire+max+download+apkPDF 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_off0000d833.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD833 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f045.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF045 17732 bytes
SHA-256: cb25c7a84a4ed704b0397e1b5fa281a4c31ea4410a274b9c30eddb271323a520
font_02_sfnt_off00011e45.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E45 10712 bytes
SHA-256: 5ac36269e5f32759dfeab092d04798832485c9efd6bb96e34bb4e16589440da0