Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 35b9ef69cf04fea8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.5 KB Created: 2021-08-07 19:13:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: f39e819fa8b0c86c1f854fd826637ff0 SHA-1: 660b653ac403fa0b1f53cb12d107bb723a4d9295 SHA-256: 35b9ef69cf04fea88ac0cf27e1247c6fb5c445b9766c542b7260d5f55a79daa9
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to external PDFs hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics point towards an attempt to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

Heuristics 7

  • 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 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://inspirationallabels.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a280fabcb63---sexadutupax.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://hcs1000.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c4761a73fd359d23afa3b1a00e3b481e/71965333793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stef-nancy.fr/upload/document/45497913132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prattsofdouds.com/clients/d/d8/d85aab9f4bcbae69c8358f7a9990a0b1/File/85406818916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botosani.ro/img/uploads/file/43730401227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aylincinarli.com/fckfiles/file/revipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carriewoodfamily.com/clients/5/5b/5b9f2fb360c4065436fb7fe1267c3612/File/8578720824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.webtony.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b77293d2999---88036032394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swimproject.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/09274273f7a00d1a927969e17b3def3f/derosuvaduvazodojamomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.shipsupply.co.mz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbddea27537---1323583963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/77cdd50226a36fff3a4b1ac430b155a0/webetifuzajomoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kccmaul.com/files/files/tawunir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://foundryindia.org/userfiles/file/42067155709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noks.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a989ddc17a7---gazojizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ytdrive.com/CKEdit/upload/files/fasuwibetuxujiwuru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariocigliano.com/userfiles/files/2526222108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pulsrmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa82bdc8228---71538057695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://storage-in-motion.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16109837b549ef---76698467579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schodylux.pl/userfiles/file/3613189971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamstudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7dd07deca5a869d578a462e42da1268d/79160386792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bulgankhangai.mn/userfiles/files/tuwivugusedodabanozewijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deewanalarab.com/up_imgs/konoletugaxadaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenaadoracao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160750ffa3c716---18098188859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mindweave.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/onagkpju819avd8ce93vsdeonc/wosivim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ruresept.ru/files/file/91226107963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=1+cm+a+cuantos+km+equivalePDF 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_off0000db6b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB6B 18112 bytes
SHA-256: 70087073b14076dd9c7db112f3cfe4ec5a30ff8fff0c9b0c886c00b67512f486
font_01_sfnt_off000109da.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109DA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000121f1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121F1 10648 bytes
SHA-256: ec8778132ab1df609132f08a0a327b9021d330153111e2eb48a1f138f043f544