Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 350f04f256293210…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.7 KB Created: 2021-09-02 21:57:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 8a01eb4820dd50170a52012e48ef902a SHA-1: e9d5a8577cf2da22d904c2c365657cf459fa9e63 SHA-256: 350f04f2562932102b9c8b90f75af87ce91ec4b78a4aaa4244010b365db30a23
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains a link farm pointing to numerous URLs, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The document's structure and embedded links suggest it's designed to lure users to external, potentially malicious, content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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://kindliving.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/kupapuwafukonidu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://avis-medical.ma/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e01667e24ae2e7cca41b56f4973b735d/tufikativuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://actionelectric.pt/www/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aef3ba1dc3d---fipasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mobistore.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/577dbfdaedfcbdba2abde5871bacf2e1/41605558647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.azulejositurry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/leer7t34v10muv306c4j7mu5j7/juxureribe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jiptv.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hqpukrq695oklu7qp0gcfclqbj/dozaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://powermailer.in/userfiles/file/11547487696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ohana1bbq.com/uploads/files/vupatipepimuzumov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://augustaelectricalwork.com/editorData/file/xenaveradasixupid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arch-teh.com/pic/userfile/24107841628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bistro-8.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/def0d082b98ffeaafeadc06cd4e0073a/43312783100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arab-hams.com/Ups/files/17612894444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duetsepolno.pl/userfiles/file/lekam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spencershaulageltd.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e7388877f069426c46b08e2471392952/91868463529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://panhongbo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/site_eachfun_com/files/77086618499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gauravkankariya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/av6d53541mn41i07svl3lo2dq1/xivazuluzudegisipojiwabub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ducthoaudio.com/upload/files/baxurozuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tadimtursu.com/image/files/26839740985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.etbsupplies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5f4f08b9ec---43548907768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.waterlooarmsnewforest.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/77eacc5ea9170f9f6233c178e4db3803/39338467448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amalighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aaf1b1ddf940e1a2b5770459de4e1c72/xawabomaxixavulovusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://year-c.com/upload_fck/file/2021-7-21/20210721010337407820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=figure+drawing+books+pdf+free+downloadPDF 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_off0000dd0b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD0B 10968 bytes
SHA-256: b698e29cebe9c68929b954b8134629be00db61146179bd75ac3ae728e4d03200
font_01_sfnt_off0000f637.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF637 16456 bytes
SHA-256: 0c50b9815171eefdf29810b80333f2454a14a77898e24e0e948a375ff723e6ea
font_02_sfnt_off000120bb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120BB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1