Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 35a53b57adb6fbc8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.0 KB Created: 2021-09-07 16:31:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 0b103b623896ae207aa77ebdce781452 SHA-1: 8e3ffb24a5c8a599d2f3a3e51a504246663ab9f9 SHA-256: 35a53b57adb6fbc80d22403998ee98c028fe4378cb19c97c15b3ea0afa3b4a3c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

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 presents a deceptive download button. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 https://xn--fct5g39pjpo.tw/upload/leakstop/files/taliw.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://goldenparadisestsimons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d414ec4c1d56cd2c15e2cfb22486838/xamina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bompentax.com/quangbasanpham/app/webroot/upload/image/files/91924528459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----9sbccjdbca7cyaieg1a3j.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d0a9559792888593049324a8f00cf678/muzazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nepalmicrofinancesummit.org/userfiles/files/susesajitagoferasuxapib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd8eee7ca54---nububojikunibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rogierstoel.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9rplgp275q60qcsg2on92pqtv5/63908466200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sfeerweter.nl/userfiles/files/3211482318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aradovan.com/userfiles/file/1101382581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shopabrang.com/images/files/kawavomadax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://weorderfood.com/uploads/files/gunew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3handseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16118e935ed972---wijomujiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chubsorn.com/file/files/44203627626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wroclawmodelshow.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50781720979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukharaatlanta.com/sites/default/files/file/nupezemanusuromenatoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.deuba.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2i2pdereoonau5absng3p3uht4/62417383758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urbanconstructions.org/images/uploadedimages/file/bolavaparesidulonoxodeje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ithaca1966.com/clients/8/85/85e9e0a76fddb83d7689cebc6ab07fae/File/basirizufafivaluguwowemom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://markzone.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9kslgfffl9pm7b857uepi88cl2/pegon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.harasportcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hql9q7htlge137jcfdk7ti69o4/wepopejuxufafuzifedasofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.la-rocca.pl/app/webroot/files/files/91477273780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cleannshieldflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/89fe7ca1dd5d91d772df0ce5c447f570/pujinijewig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=new+curriculum+in+kenya+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_off0000fcc5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCC5 10764 bytes
SHA-256: 1c45ef283e345162be03c0732b68dd0161a31654c51a53099a59941ca0016be0
font_01_sfnt_off00011582.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11582 18764 bytes
SHA-256: 0395c711a4d436a1e6dc7fe6e73f423ac3b758e99c58abee151bc547e2736352
font_02_sfnt_off0001460c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1460C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1