Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 35a7f6dceca14535…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.4 KB Created: 2021-09-08 00:46:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: b02920ec54181e823a218df59d309fb3 SHA-1: 076ca9bcfd2a618aa897f72f89064e0a75338dad SHA-256: 35a7f6dceca1453568668ce40c96a8e8d54ec9db192c319ef1691dde1a2dea7b
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.001 User Execution: Malicious Link

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains a large number of embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or IP addresses, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The presence of these links indicates an attempt to redirect the user to external, potentially malicious, content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://formapolis.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2eb40295f7e2810a6ad6a4c846be7544/tukaf.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://kalatranslation.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ltol7rlcrj5i2438hhm9u8nsin/55929723170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://torgradio.ru/new/files/file/varenuromegifalenasoruvog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://virker-ikke.dk/files/fugofekuletodavif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yuktiedu.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4071217fce8e582148ab5ad538be03fa/militimog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cursosadistanciayonline.com/medios/files/vizunetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mondoacquapiscine.com/userfiles/files/guxoniwedadut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sun-tes.ru/files/file/wiseferubogosopegopukiru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://157.230.241.115/image/upload/File/sikutozakagikuj.pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://mavismanagement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c4b448fe60---wifonexom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnpair.com/userfiles/file/korirajazidapuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ntpuvoice.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95628718592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ruihuitax.com/files/file/nodixinesalufudofivox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bettaletroom.com/file_media/file_image/file/26286776132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landbondcorten.com/attachment/file/627df531cfc7ce58dd9cbfc150620bd0.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.straightmyteeth.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5b37a16879fe0270222c7822b621ab2/vogopufonowowajesaleregoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erkerlaender.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d878e8cf62d---13885087577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blugarden.eu/file/85136463220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naasschoolofmotoring.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/joligimemofarujafigor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tctnanotech.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a9d9406336ebc5c05802cf063f9e29c7/27597723299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cn-daomeng.com/upload/userfiles/files/61b261cffdb03631ffc8a167e6a84d71.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nanodrywash.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071344f2a65b---fomeromufipowiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.viksexteriors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076f5b445ebf---rawuped.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=long+division+by+multiples+of+10+worksheetsPDF 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_off0000d153.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD153 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e965.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE965 16956 bytes
SHA-256: 7a19b7c16110e806ab575c98122a3529b89926d1ac06a50668829cd26b58c155
font_02_sfnt_off00011509.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11509 11512 bytes
SHA-256: 020e51594f003b7dfb7a387b69c95d70dd9032474a2c57e6fc7fc159179e0252