Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 35717010c932ad49…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.7 KB Created: 2021-06-29 12:26:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 8bbec07d53ce0226346d3171f2756806 SHA-1: 1d4bb951a6cd80116878b4403c9b8b8c5b492c12 SHA-256: 35717010c932ad492e0b6fa64766d569115f27cf88996a3df9cbd387bd716680
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Several heuristics point to the document being a link farm hosted on compromised websites, likely intended to trick users into downloading further malware. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports this phishing-like lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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://bellezaeimagen.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c05a0347e4---73020838461.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f1b59cce9b---menude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://virtualcharityevents.com/vce_cake/files/files/bopunajusoxokurotikufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ddriu.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/238396f898382b1170cb52f1fc43fd11/25798227940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.brennholz-heinlein.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097b2c429af5---94019850937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mudrun.com/home/mud/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xulefanowotagerogidotase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pietri-automobiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3qna8np285tdd9cqq83qlnknc9/18261118408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lllk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fa14ab78e9144b0eee1cf2e0c3ee6b6d/75086033070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-cluny.cz/UserFiles/file/49430541649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mai-colle.jp/userfiles/file/mufumikigigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.areatransfers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d1359ac8b5---51832794088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apexhealthnutrition.com/newerac2c/userfiles/file/xulukewelakemig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pmdrecycling.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098938004636---54587574017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ptk-astana.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bbca4da50ed5a0b48f3f66a419eafe09/pewanemukoxonuxik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://forumcutuca.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70865579210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreagarciam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089bd4a90ff1---90135277966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hylyt.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3cb7684367ab40a2c5946ecbb587be16/67007543813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trungtamgiasuhcmmq.com/uplaod/quangtri/files/91979867438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imaginove.eu/data/Files/jonesujojifini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tongdaidoanhnghiep.com/app/webroot/upload/files/87698069002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090bec93ae49---20591823040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.focus.mu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5f05913f78afdd474500adfd50d86c5e/wegafotobobozuxomomim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topup-fight.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12189812939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=number+pages+in+pdfPDF 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_off0000f212.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF212 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010a29.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A29 10796 bytes
SHA-256: da9ec18e7f0c09b66f4db4c5cadb5876377c024121940407b83b8226e7ac800a
font_02_sfnt_off00012289.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12289 17492 bytes
SHA-256: 6d91f8fb267e140db358fa615e55e87b6b9d5f44d9f684b5ccc2e2c75f7732d9