Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 35afe8d4d6fce300…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.4 KB Created: 2021-07-01 00:59:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 81e3a995b6b49f646468c65c934fceb6 SHA-1: f534c3929bf0c760671b3f557a4d7ba0cad7a778 SHA-256: 35afe8d4d6fce3007d372469716b109c703b95b1f997851d93dd9d2a7f72d1fd
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm or redirection scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was unreadable, but the URL structure and heuristic firings are sufficient to assess the attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

Heuristics 6

  • 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 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://www.unidacardoso.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfdac753b55---buwazukul.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://es-umzuege-transporte.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/68af5e0024f55155ce3ffe4fc3f1e095/89034795693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://braintradingbcn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/49a4a6277f33b13e5f0f28ee381ea3f5/tutugenusil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://auroraenergyproject.it/userfiles/files/35261789022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rux-thai.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25618894645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadiantreasurer.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160984ae501ad5---mudomolevogujuxiniji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forkidsvietnam.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vk1i4q7tfsuia5gheebnn871rb/13096990617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kidnuri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cd01cee235---13675107336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blueyee.com/upload/file/070756195642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dotacjedlaoze.pl/userfiles/file/25058519225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.look4job.gr/images/_user_na/file/23691294258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eraucheta.ru/uploads/file/gonivumenebagoxujezag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alwaysflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e08a99c861---8055417830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saraelv.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2b2ff8174b---20341859398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unipsyclinic.com/userfiles/file/20210612194749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baoholaodong24.com/userfiles/file/wobosak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://przychodnia-felinskiego.pl/uploads/editor/file/xetixupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://compie.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb4a6ddb7ce---64606710378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098320052fbd---zumumogibapimikawokinepaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kraljicabih.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7ad0760086---90886714459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.julitolaschools.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ade77db412f---jariloxotobinuziwuruvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chatfieldfarms101.com/userimages/kowijika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://estidevelopers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5b7df20102aa389cc39898034c90fc1d/pepirekitekuzefaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nosolodespedidas.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b7e7c62b43---zorobasamupudolifibesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinserviceodi.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1fcb2f1dbe3a1530518ac791e352f6eb/47099725574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ptairsupply.com/userfiles/file/wimafosigijadomanukeva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=mint+brownies+with+creme+de+menthePDF 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_off0000f056.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF056 10648 bytes
SHA-256: 93b0b38003d4927ee6486288b6e6017f5ec3fa2ac4e8a4deb6cf46af9269e49f
font_01_sfnt_off0001089d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1089D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000120af.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120AF 18172 bytes
SHA-256: e02c4eca9c48ce6d22aaab408548dcbbfbea0eb5b36e372064b82dd7ce8cb30a