Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 35bbb5bf66a2b13b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.1 KB Created: 2021-07-27 20:06:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 94b67ff1ae868a547be29297a3113aa5 SHA-1: a34dd3bc84254213b8aed661e31d2e91094f7c24 SHA-256: 35bbb5bf66a2b13b47e8fdc38b7b96379e9bf9960772af7a5dc00c899bdbf92a
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as a phishing trojan and by an ML classifier as malicious. It contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of JavaScript indicates an attempt to execute code within the PDF viewer, likely to download and execute a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://dispomydeal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/069e1cb3d79445790e1961aea64febae/falupesemutosebelobuxax.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://st03.it/userfiles/files/57269329826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cooper1972.com/clients/b/b4/b451ebb09e7e0345645526f893d9a49e/File/16857053003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.opencalgary.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf9ab77767b---ledipisudunudox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nolimitscenter.be/peausitive/images/FCKeditor/file/gilisuzisudog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://audit-advisers.com/userfiles/file/buvarufokarapiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dailymaydemtien.com/userfiles/files/33916104906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ktcz.eu/files/files/gamanizatuzax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hncastlecable.com/d/files/10662009135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brandnewgoods.net/userfiles/file/pupuwika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sevoir.hu/uploads/file/zupelivexakifamakixipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bikeid.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sitamofuzaledetivejebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://burningspearmarketplace.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zejokixakolug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davinci.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f35f2e6c05---66134879232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://burragebrothers.net/demo/jolie/beta/userfiles/files/60846670547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eandjfamilyhealthcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d01254802d89beb2d723dac56e5502f/venoxoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://minuspk.ru/minuspk.ru/userfiles/file/34552232613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alnahamgroup.com/userfiles/file/52102723350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adria-ex.com/images/blog//file/tevupoxominojirujilejupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.clubmanizales.com.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e75c60242b4---36765871884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imagespa.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b8c0c269cb---99465589161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://meesens.be/KrMee/Tekstverwerker/putagizejufatapom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fiberglasssupplydepot.com/userfiles/file/77568743258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atenngo.com/admin/sites/site/documents/wadafolimerimosubezij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loskutova.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/91779e3b6ab2e7d9a1c83c7f6212aef1/66993489363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=cartoon+drawing+book+downloadPDF 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_off0000d5e3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD5E3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000edfa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDFA 10472 bytes
SHA-256: f178f3fd6497e370a9d6b5e588f03525d6d7a52f43434e711ccb62192ef0b670
font_02_sfnt_off000105b1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105B1 17356 bytes
SHA-256: 310450f8cfc0eeb9a28e89699f1f41589160f6d0defa4527acc34664a7aba29a