Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 35a024d9fd9e8274…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.4 KB Created: 2021-09-13 06:49:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 76e672aca2eb2f23c256cdb74d90177f SHA-1: a95fa6b718ab0c3c41dc7cc604d09d61e646c1f1 SHA-256: 35a024d9fd9e82749d1f955c0e34a61605a6cdc7002f1744a407a6392d737579
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external links, many pointing to compromised websites or disposable hosting, suggesting it's part of a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The 'Remote-support tool lure' heuristic indicates the document likely instructs the user to install or connect with such tools, which is a common tactic for gaining unauthorized access. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to trick users into downloading and executing further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9897

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Remote-support tool lure high SE_REMOTE_SUPPORT_LURE
    Document instructs the user to install, open, or connect with a remote-support tool such as AnyDesk, TeamViewer, Quick Assist, or ScreenConnect — high-risk in an unsolicited document
  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=emulador+play+station+2+android PDF link annotation
    • http://vietsonplastic.com/uploads/userfiles/file/sazejufelerori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.okcfarmersmarket.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/32c231669ff3ee98fd4eb01a2ad60198/91060609206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maydemtienvn.com/upload/files/16263149110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotravenzolo.it/userfiles/files/14404346070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kxqcgs.com/filespath/files/20210905015001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fields-on-earth.com/images/blog/file/6283930257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ternovykh.ru/content/file/debeguvigizeguja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.travelknowhowscotland.co.uk/assets/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48533850169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asorokolaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/54107745540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hfengly.dk/skoleportalen/userfiles/file/60097078766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wernersuarez.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/zogabeputimikeresizamak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tercovci.cz/files/file/44535204750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lpkgoodframeupvc.com/userfiles/files/31454563372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.burit.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131b2bc57acb---19715565773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kindspring.org/inc/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72344298294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodeli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130bb8c94e1a---13413816157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ks4073.com/file_media/file_image/file/midebigojumedefeduxaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sladkiy-ostrov.ru/userfiles/files/46270098425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://romanasulcikova.cz/userfiles/wusexuxoxakitonamoragapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://textosolutionslinguistiques.ca/upload/editor/file/zoneleveli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uat-tunisia.com/userfiles/file/fojoladezida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.klimavill.com/data/editorfile/tiretefuvizupirif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://celeb.huh.hu/UserFiles/File/ziraloxejasakakezodatanek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmv.ir/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613dda9024eb3---dirajijelaxijaxevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://foodthings.us/userfiles/file/gevuzalovopuvevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elektromig.pl/userfiles/file/robiteviturasawet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakecountyoralsurgery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613dbefa8637b---wijifekafadizoxudi.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_off000106e4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106E4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011ef6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11EF6 19704 bytes
SHA-256: 23be459fd5cd4866da1ee0b0e3c9709692952c6646c4879c27013940c5edaa7e
font_02_sfnt_off00015307.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15307 10736 bytes
SHA-256: ca8f87fd47162c06a0f1e9ae256e0d49901994b5414cc687815287f7ef14b1a6