Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 358811da63236ef8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.9 KB Created: 2021-08-02 21:18:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 05c24bed419e425e51dcdfa46901c1ec SHA-1: 34f79d2bc712fd3f85a6ebd96c80d93e6eafea93 SHA-256: 358811da63236ef860c46cfcafc753f89713d91c78a73babb2744ed76b8c66ea
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is a PDF containing numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution through these links. The presence of external URI heuristics and link farm indicators further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9970

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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=crash+team+racing+nitro-fueled+pc+free+download PDF link annotation
    • https://fietenhaardenenkachels.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081a86a3c639---55902075464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lsp.od.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/avv5h6m2lhpil8e5rfcv64h665/13835406842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://raljob.com/userfiles/file/20836490695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuregio.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d4e93f1c643---zofotot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timelessmebel.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/13a2b8a71981b2a1913304fc8fce8161/73696534503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.azulejositurry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vig6k6od29uh9n479t92rfrv73/mozosisajesutofonisiru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.formwork.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h560bg55kimdm9v8uoei0evb59/93923607821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeugdopdewetenschapsagenda.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b337aedb11---xaxupofiporaxom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veterani-pushkino.ru/userfiles/files/guxawibit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajivikafinance.com/userfiles/file/31437764624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xboxheerlen.nl/userfiles/file/bafitaxowijulaxuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sterlingsez.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87986334680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kvbm.org/pds/userfiles/files/sinin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hochrainer-elsner.at/upload/files/jatanevifopavogekoreriju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lowdoc-loans.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a5de606cf9---kixerapison.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glasschneider.koeln/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vi3d2qodvj84orrgoascc4ut4b/bevofipefepigokutimodeni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kzhep.in.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/11ga4t9jf6c3pkblf066ar3bv6/dudotumenupakaviwugunagot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shoreluxurylimos.com/userfiles/files/pojuwegut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniroll.pl/user_images/file/30457786994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160760c4dd230b.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://indacphuc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/onftarae1gqmnqi8ohn383fdhe/47385220572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.revistadefiesta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607961dcb8f8c---23601802284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thebankcardservices.com/uploads/files/kenasasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giolog.biz/images/bulk_images/files/wobejivo.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_off0000fccc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCCC 11320 bytes
SHA-256: 3995b999778969ba1474fd6b3f5f2c9fd366652e84e5c7ca8c1749033033808b
font_01_sfnt_off0001172b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1172B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012f3d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F3D 17156 bytes
SHA-256: b6c0463257e67c59416da389bc8f977be28ce589c7537f7e5cb63154190b66df