Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 352a9e13d4d7ecef…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.2 KB Created: 2021-07-02 12:46:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 013776df4e71d2bff56894a715feb2f4 SHA-1: 612bdc9556ed73937283781908681c2edb232ea8 SHA-256: 352a9e13d4d7ecef64222b955371dea08acf936612a441fa1948804ac1573c90
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. The numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, indicate a link farm designed to redirect users to potentially malicious content. The document body was unreadable, but the presence of many links suggests a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://www.histoiresdegroupes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a930f884a4---ligebifiz.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://avtoarka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/539e499e29c1d7f30f71a7b25b725472/34445322736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allegroescrow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160796e4050a23---26641188835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marthatrotts.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3c3a70a463---33465385357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://devcons.org/uploads/userfiles/files/pigaranugewiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tvkinter.com/file_media/file_image/file/15597830644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://easy2ticket.com/upload/files/51957181090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glycocalyx.nl/userfiles/image/file/33782684629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.emma-solutions.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad888e4d20c---35080318224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fhs76reunion.com/clients/0/00/009202203981f132fd14d012a57c0fe5/File/jumizijedixizusedikaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.reroofingbrisbaneqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082fc77da45b---21212652988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inlandautorepairmurrietaca.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/45d4cdc517ba6634006ab3608f9ed9c3/konifovuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esoftland.com/userfiles/file/gusumusorosem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sitpchemcieszyn.pl/_sitpchem/file/wizavokapilogegabutorodal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jtour.vn/userfiles/file/gezewudubilomiguro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.doctor-carpet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/egfrsc050ustl20tr8uc5cq755/99954963403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gaviprintpack.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c85806437ad---19617901600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.naturapreserved.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8556b970ea---woxufipetalaroga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpha-cp.com/userfiles/file/xebejijozepenaviwapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreagarciam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a78c60d732b---tasasumisuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.federatedlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/62ead659fa24ad113f65e4fc5b0a8918/dibesoduzadatezakol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://encouragingmath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4507990c5adeaec254ceb82b3bf0241d/nunasabupizototivugati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alsumiri.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/df81e98aeee7fc6566b72af53cc74c46/26878181050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3ee17ce09f---82363902902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=streptococcus+viridans+causes+what+diseasesPDF link annotation
    • http://kioskcondoweb.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f5ae03bd18---83001941535.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_off0000c9b0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC9B0 16072 bytes
SHA-256: 6585d2111c9a90ed13977d51981dcb93d7e889a501ce4506899f9eed474274a4
font_01_sfnt_off0000f326.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF326 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010b3d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B3D 10892 bytes
SHA-256: 03ce14ffefca547459c715753f37d73614d08530f0519b939b50c9a52c4eb2f7