Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 350e2d34edc6aa6d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.0 KB Created: 2021-06-25 21:38:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: bfbab4216d12402245fefbff521c80c8 SHA-1: efc2e420fd7bb933eaf8e574b3867563ce8864a0 SHA-256: 350e2d34edc6aa6d46fdc3252dedd601776d3e0d641d6a6fc348506d441049ee
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to compromised websites, many of which are disguised as file uploads and use 'utm_term' parameters suggesting a phishing lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest it's designed to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=physics+worksheet+work+and+energy+answers
    • https://hsegroup.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h3t9eh73aa3p77mkd9r1gnjeb5/sogozodukagerumezufofu.pdf
    • https://law.myvzl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/veto0oc6ikkme9c2pnvh9d5sv8/muvenegovutat.pdf
    • http://bridgesonthepark.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160983164a562f---gibolox.pdf
    • https://amalighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9c23e58294b9eb712d860afcf148d13b/71955884960.pdf
    • https://travels-ukraine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e8d54928a3---29180513565.pdf
    • http://osullivanspressurewashing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160871f9a74191---76327691338.pdf
    • https://www.cedicar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095af3579d0a---sufumogusefavozabiwufipim.pdf
    • https://www.hungryalex.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ea95077c385bc92baeca7bfcddb9257d/pevivu.pdf
    • http://smartcookieacademy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb050a37a68---88003835474.pdf
    • https://poolpoint.be/uploads/file/35945529923.pdf
    • http://math-talk.kr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ipbhckcig9d51pn0f16nhhkaoj/zowujumum.pdf
    • https://seroinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4bf1e8c3010af435ad3d3b657f920cc5/ramiteluwu.pdf
    • http://biosafety.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vasota.pdf
    • http://namngonviet.vn/user-/files/65733734068.pdf
    • http://rufullthrottle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e7ce76aec0---xupebanatiwol.pdf
    • http://parkwestresidences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160772483035c1---pozisifogumakazoxuf.pdf
    • http://www.fsnn.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a49ec655b7e---7482787667.pdf
    • http://alliusie.com/userfiles/file/melukafujifet.pdf
    • https://www.idahomedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f7badf1fea357e0cd83a84b32507c784/60896153819.pdf
    • https://amagi.la/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ecc47621b7---95677346343.pdf
    • http://yuhenganquan.com/userfiles/file/20210604170321_686748892.pdf
    • https://www.bluegreenshouseboats.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607979908b47a---kiliwiruselatade.pdf
    • http://gphs84.com/clients/866382/File/petokelelenusugokinepozin.pdf
    • http://www.mondzorgvesa-voorschoten.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160737da52c07e---2325311014.pdf
    • http://kioskcondoweb.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160741741950fb---gadunij.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00010858.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10858 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001206f.bin
baa1731cef651c9e60f5f99188fee7d85912684b3196dc8f093d8164e0b164f3
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1206F 10896 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013987.bin
6fac41bfcde3b0023204d2fef19bbf483ae18e0b8d5c1ca6e10ec0d7190442ec
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13987 18524 bytes