Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 35416df483f6a2e2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.0 KB Created: 2021-09-09 01:00:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: c28d1106d5bc4f53cecf0f67c21bbaf1 SHA-1: 740e53fc44fc810393c3ae5378918081bf26197e SHA-256: 35416df483f6a2e2375992006a8f7c482c645a7f590040e17ed082cbe7d8fb59
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The file is a PDF document that exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with multiple URLs pointing to potentially compromised websites. The presence of a ClamAV detection for 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' and an ML classifier flagging it as malicious strongly suggests malicious intent. The document likely aims to trick users into clicking links that lead to malware downloads or phishing pages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://www.sauminandy.com/fckimages/file/85686745027.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://samarthanamparisara.org/apadmin/uploads/userfiles/files/51632622518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caacoding.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161345ffab4e9f---28859542238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdmsig1.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jisanolemesogujepepowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a899.net/userfiles/file/jemegoboranevevofofogij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://buzascsaba.hu/userFiles/file/96925934707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xyoaa.org/sites/default/files/files/fexolidulizuvojiguzuvisuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medicapoland.pl/uploaded/file/newuzarimabimezotiwowol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134970441028---93801430303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.szphotar.com/admin/img/files/kananidowafukokojonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imobilestore.de/userfiles/file/84565296663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://groupementpecheduloir.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tezatuzixaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mission4recruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f321607846---tibozitenigerinikidobafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gaineyranchaz.com/userimages/jitosebimafajulopoxoluf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://metrosecuritynepal.com/assets/userfiles/files/kozob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinahk-ip.com/chinahk_ip/html/files/editor/file/27876269598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://osiindia.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41703866220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://silverstonedevelopments.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50308820604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://careerhack.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130dbf50d18f---70418786789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.capitalroofingct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f1010b1dfb---finozifulilofikabewizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duepassidalcentro.it/userfiles/files/sanotekerogikevopexoxoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://s-oil.hoakhanh.vn/uploads/image/files/votawujuwaremumibajidotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://istihdamhaberleri.com/upload/ckfinder/files/fedamowowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=random+video+call+app+mod+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_off0000b81c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB81C 16580 bytes
SHA-256: 538fa375428eb6e91f0b7655884d1af5700f6ba8a02a7304b7930ccc234abf86
font_01_sfnt_off0000e2c9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2C9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000fae0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFAE0 10512 bytes
SHA-256: a1fa2012082723c191b2cc04189870bbcaf5b0e5738025b7a3e1efb7c1a84e41