Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 35a1985a3eaeef7f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.7 KB Created: 2021-09-12 07:11:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: adfa946eaa6fe8a659f933270e76adb2 SHA-1: 51e86a529edce4ece0e6010736aeec7a2906d50a SHA-256: 35a1985a3eaeef7fff41411fba7a39b0092cb3cca138124b553baaf378f7b51c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and contains embedded JavaScript. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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.
  • 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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=cbse+class+4+maths+book+pdf+download PDF link annotation
    • https://asiantms.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pozapinufaramamutusule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quangcongluc.com/upload/files/83117530321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://middletonchambers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/10267324578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hublihorse.com/uploads/userfiles/files/51113682160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.catalogodecineargentino.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139465bd2ed2---wololiwosorafewexivuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lwim-ouargla.dz/ar/files/ninifegoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mbzl-pro.xyz/web/img/podborky/files/81896425984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nanoscopy.ru/uploads/files/sokenadejifubanujejutonin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613766ae7948a---nulowopakedupemefob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-ivanteevka.ru/upload_picture/file/lomezapijawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orarestauratorisaf.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d15663f2a6---21691598980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gradn.ru/uploades/fckeditorfile/23465597892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sarvodayasamaj.uk/upload/files/60416591376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bmcnx.com/userfiles/file/82929127791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tavcam.com/upload/ckfinder/files/kupinobubanofigixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seamcc.com/UserFiles/files/13882053062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spazmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612efabb52714---wasomadifuguxozoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sasmedm.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xilizazibemimovejalav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theemperorsoldclothes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hstcga021656bcd82t99ta51rt/26917583081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4bx.pl/public/file/21522277177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://charivne.info/images/file/14454013263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paddockj.com/user_data/editor/ckfinder/core/connector/php/upload/files/51605028115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trans-serwis.com/userfiles/file/9391444705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nedvizhimost-v-sharm-el-sheikhe.ru/uploads/files/puviluledapujatososomunol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4998horo.gmmwireless.com/contents/files/fuvorafoniwoduseladiwux.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_off0000ce22.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE22 19820 bytes
SHA-256: 9e537e2524f1c25c82bcc09ec5de2d3f45160ea16c70955747ca8c28aa7479bc
font_01_sfnt_off000101a3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101A3 11120 bytes
SHA-256: 7bde999a3ed5b6da49163a6447847f56ca282eaee21b369d8e866da357e1a610
font_02_sfnt_off00011b61.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B61 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1