Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 35a5f6be77fefb47…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.2 KB Created: 2021-07-13 19:50:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: aa9dd9cea34f653e56224f02a1a1949f SHA-1: b608ff13d6b5d0f56e45398b8c8562e2612d7871 SHA-256: 35a5f6be77fefb474b12663e547cd3bf47cc6b42647675171b88f40aa4a18fc8
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and ML classifiers, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The document contains numerous embedded links, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The presence of PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports this, indicating the document is designed to redirect users to potentially harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9936

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://laatjehuisweerstralen.nl/upload/file/jagijewubisum.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.pfgpartners.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088a2c6b6ccc---43895786714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipsib.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8a50fa371bf6b846921fdda7ba216ce4/nezufolokeko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.corridar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7kjtsf0nh07g9e6t5vu1ub7cbs/pejotosujowoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://0-50.ru/userfiles/file/vataguwalogap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2greenchicks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/73bb5931abab0c365fd8ca5181bf0024/mujexub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comodee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a56bb42566---bugamorup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://christembassydocklands.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4f37bb3da08f5ed924ab2d938672432e/73961909665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adamlegal.com/userfiles/file/korakixokudugiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://networkinglikepro.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92495354457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earthideasawnings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607796d165671---jomawepafipiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://richfield1962.com/clients/4/47/47516dc9824f3897220912ef171c404f/File/27186039899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://portaldo.eu/contenuti/upload/file/53649535385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stuarteisbrucklaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/lifamututedatolud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskyroyalshakespeareglobetheatrelondon.com/clientMedia/file/teremegubepadopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.optionassurance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bac98445e46---20410764881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jfefood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/130a458f625c922c9cd5f8ea22e98468/47576905514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kengosushionlineorder.com/uploads/files/51825929668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://galeriejacqueselbaz.com/userfiles/file/45337306246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frontierexim.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/23frn5apt79irrl0l8s4jg5jgc/65666414332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soles2walk.cz/data/file/xekudifezinemuzopemisogiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teenaramainc.org/clients/875997/File/xaxefivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.colegiometa.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8141d4f39a---65480224669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=scamp+5th+wheel+for+salePDF 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_off00011a3a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A3A 10844 bytes
SHA-256: 78d0d5e86ca22f94003ac629928aaa03aabcd9d1242d073a554a8bae92c9b35e
font_01_sfnt_off00013364.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13364 17828 bytes
SHA-256: ae1ba2a00d5d57dc3add1656e847bc208afc0814d4611e5f0e3d16d215c32c2d
font_02_sfnt_off00016204.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16204 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1