Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 35b90278a098fd7c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.6 KB Created: 2021-09-01 07:29:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: d80ca61e3937640b827a93944c647561 SHA-1: 59cf6cca6eccc8f586285da8fccdcf7dd10845db SHA-256: 35b90278a098fd7c40fd5505f33781d96389178970f5666d40c1d39ff35ed670
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and by an ML classifier as malicious. It contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. One notable URL is https://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=toca+world+hospital+free+download, which appears to be a lure for a game download, likely a phishing or malware distribution tactic.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

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 https://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=toca+world+hospital+free+download PDF link annotation
    • https://www.sherpachristain.org.np/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82787111018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.morenoroofing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a8b88cb1ec---1850809241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cornucopiafrederick.com/uploads/files/64802887711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marcelasemper.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4292ed6cf7---sikawejudofimiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--rssx31a7tec6p.com/upload/userfiles/files/20210808154714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fillaracingacademy.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gabejaruzerije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kimandyoo.com/userfiles/file/29432734137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brothersaluminium.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093918f57169---36617287917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srp-galabau-rostock.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cdr64ndknroigffaf0teju5b3i/64225900099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://w-f-l.de/user_img/file/kofeko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tkquiz.com/userfiles/file/65435899429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jamiatulbanat.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f0c1775584f---vuzofoduvobaposaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bjjewels.net/nbloom/fckuploads/file/30209076459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fecomerciomg.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16108f75c9d0b3---4831436124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://areshin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/104d57a6c3c157925167386ce21a5e33/94396442024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mbjarrahi.com/UploadedFiles/New/file/19208285897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mariopresto.pl/userfiles/file/xekibonatuletibar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aksaxena.com/bpms/includes/fckeditor_uploads/userfiles/file/gijojubelivuka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uppersanduskyrotary.com/cms/files/File/91520417006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barudan.hk/UploadFile/file/20210612024300305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colegiodesafio.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d0777bc038---nugosatujunekudufazin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://livestreaming.group/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bpc8thbk0a0eevdd8s6sqsshkobo0vti/satuvam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vmkstroi.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/046222a5afad7a6ea2fcbe3f9e005fb9/77320465916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscbolivia.com/admin/uploaded/fck/file/22606617771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000d335.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD335 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000eb4c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB4C 10768 bytes
SHA-256: 056d65df73f0898eeee4a5caa8cf8f8ddd4f05aa2a00f62580f8d8b8efa36250
font_02_sfnt_off00010418.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10418 17032 bytes
SHA-256: 43734fa44d0c03446dd2b7ab66f0817d4a24fcd8e60b2d362976bf3c5264e207