Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 35a968c4528860f1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.6 KB Created: 2021-09-18 14:01:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 0ec138771051381f1cb7d66b8fc2d354 SHA-1: 1a6b293cb727079e07d4f5ddb013457f92188bc5 SHA-256: 35a968c4528860f14024f7a938b6161ee480d45879c7ec3b0b2028c2192fd2a0
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document contains numerous embedded links, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a likely phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior are indicative of techniques used to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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 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 http://lsphc.com/userfiles/file///39856145004.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://fine-cottage.ru/userfiles/files/87139667484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blccy.com/userfiles/files/93240302240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kliningstroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161458e486397f---17322300467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.andreapondika.cz/file/36411121934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inbond-cn.com/userfiles/file/84001563248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sevsport.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/396c12e7997fc52f4702890e2db4e180/gasaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baconbites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c14hmskcgdia1i7capp3fb4l90/87547058193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinarioilghirlandaio.it/userfiles/files/totawukarutifevigamikeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://advocaatindex.nl/images/uploads/66543255009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indianspringhomes.net/userfiles/files/bupisomupaguvejemimonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ciba.lv/uploaded/file/xijaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://syekp.gr/sites/default/files/file/80616455384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gsoam.ge/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161300278e28b0---daxijajedimitob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moma-restaurant.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161396bfbdce77---78263099277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baongochoa.com/upload/file/13424205325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nadiadsa.org/userfiles/file/13373760322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vasekurzy.cz/userfiles/file/80562359836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dr-temt.ru/images/file/moxeroketosewik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nabijdefossa.nl/upload/files/zakowalasazesonozulokidij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ohadalegistrocbarter.com/ckeditor/uploads/files/fazexuxuravofagubepiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.grupoaccs.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51327896129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.caesarstravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161400d84edf27---28357423552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+convert+pdf+to+jpg+on+androidPDF 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_off0000b182.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB182 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c994.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC994 15240 bytes
SHA-256: b9d09f9c14936d79d565214bc3bce2b0a1b733b9af67488dcd0227a6340e07fe
font_02_sfnt_off0000efe0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFE0 10856 bytes
SHA-256: 7db1647ba2a9d95e806d6d8eb136d1b55c20bd2f828a8dd99326574628a66790

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