Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 35a9df89da6ddc81…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.4 KB Created: 2021-07-02 00:30:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: d8b53d0b5e5d1a0fb018602271dad2a7 SHA-1: 04978989d9aa6ef655d97b13de989660bb8b8547 SHA-256: 35a9df89da6ddc8191ad841d337194dacbd2bfb4b4a8cf294db9e8ac32f6cba1
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF document contains a link farm hosted on compromised WordPress upload storage, directing users to multiple unknown PDF files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9935

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://andreevmag.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a41e35e3068ff61260cc7dc081316263/61054530371.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.molinoag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c302586cbe---nimemesufuta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apexhealthnutrition.com/newerac2c/userfiles/file/rupinolipukege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----itbbfrdrdbd4bgy6gi.xn--p1ai/webroot/files/files/zurezezozeposebifuruw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d287da2a217---64675752350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kamerton.nl/clientfiles/61813373074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binarbaidfabrication.com/public_html/userfiles/file/susozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.serenissimaservizi.com//files/76162846430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.morenoroofing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608410909595e---pakowerosaxolelifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carpanea.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a0441e5df6b7bcd41ceb7dac448b25b2/lukojijojisukada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://southport1969.com/clients/861680/File/foxekerokutexuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.femregenx.co.za/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ldheo9qu04vb75rmle30pemeie/24543673415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amezdigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8dda233d75ecb49676cab3304e49d53b/vovepojigivokomafod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hdcorp.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/333s66pl3ld2tp7g6gp1tilq95/fisujarijofinezakigala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://branpc.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15942457065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://easyreturn.store/userfiles/file/nisubodidejulajiwudax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wurstfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a2338dd9dccca144f33c9c4865867f0f/julixizizezodupapujegatid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loskutova.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/efff068c2203ee1ca12f015568f388c5/87687359408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cameronhaddock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba2806a98ef---57867198176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://isgsrl.it/images/file/tojijefawoxat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sibinetweek.ru/userfiles/file/21624105271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.reenactmentmarket.eu/images/wyswig_images/file/16995387954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unipell.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a77d6dce415---77986574182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cedarcreeksauce.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5dbde2a01f85be4f8baaafa637dbc118/sewavukonuzow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=be+kind+to+your+parents+songPDF 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_off0001060c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1060C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011e23.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E23 10880 bytes
SHA-256: 2c0bb28ad10f67c9a43eb46eea9922630893210954e09898887cc05f42977a2a
font_02_sfnt_off00013744.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13744 17448 bytes
SHA-256: 1e69eecabbe70c38093d1b34ffe2060fccc9c6f6f6dd9ea71f21e19aa02b35c8