Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 35996448bcff47b2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.2 KB Created: 2021-06-26 03:17:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 93bc5b21119878a8e93d24c29a5f55d1 SHA-1: 21170720de4977a25cca7faa08923629b77850cf SHA-256: 35996448bcff47b2b988e7c9fe95e44e86624db6055bba8347cb236dea04425a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. It contains a link farm pointing to multiple domains, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable hosting, suggesting an effort to obscure the ultimate destination. The presence of embedded URLs and the PDF structure itself are indicative of a malicious document, likely intended to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9822

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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://jucal.es/images/file/8372520298.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://vudafrique.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b8c778e23b5974f3ce30a23116e2d19d/19485841212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elcwma.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/12290890649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lowdoc-loans.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160902bfc3fed7---20367455895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agcslohian.com/userfiles/file/58378024148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totalfinance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d4c7c366398---70611982948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hag36qncbjel74g5pqc7jv8lvh/jevodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenline.bg/userfiles/file/3878720028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://midel.me/userfiles/file/wumova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kennyre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086d81570c45---wazawemotun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alllegaltask.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kjmk0v0j7ffnmiss2aiop8ht53/kolusupitanidovewufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zeguvietnam.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/kunepaveka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jhannahs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c33526b2479---94437692998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0377d9faf714aa9986450e7c7d8582ec/negikisagiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alternativefitness.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075c667dd961---80371882402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://youstore21.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/db986eb87233425732e25dec84a6f31d/luzuziz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rec39.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7b9411e9ede3bae5a20bf26f567efde1/wugukuponosiverezozar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medicalart.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2e3ec21390---xuzikiwelotunojoxuruva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cualuoihoanmy.com/uploads/userfiles/file/xidaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hostingalani.com/calisma2/files/uploads/jufafumexididosixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moniimpex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e79e66c92c---rabekumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamstudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a180ce963be766b1519eebff3ed26fde/68521003141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saftanton.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071b231c742f---tebarifejis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://farmaciasacoor.com/site/upload/file/repukin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/20056352175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sgd42.ru/userfiles/file/57820463215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gennarimaq.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a074a32977d---60662159526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestforfishing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/98d594d688c057867840aeb77c7d6f20/rapixarefakavusog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geags.com/1909jlIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=not+without+my+daughter+marathi+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_off0000ff0e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF0E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011720.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11720 17724 bytes
SHA-256: e6758c24bacfacad8119b9a463133ebc116e67240f45d3975394282e219cbd1d
font_02_sfnt_off000145fe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x145FE 10904 bytes
SHA-256: 530b503707e6af84d31819108e57722778a681984d5c74dad27c8592a9166d0b