Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 35bc7ccb567b4e71…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.1 KB Created: 2021-08-28 02:53:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: aa8ae641c974f4439c0d29aeac07ca86 SHA-1: f31108eb61645abfbd060dae4148d7c8cebd55fe SHA-256: 35bc7ccb567b4e71d962d9198e12163eff7fd0ec5b39cc09c908f650c207fba8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit PDF vulnerabilities or redirect users. The presence of numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads and link farms on disposable hosting, strongly suggests a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further confirm its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 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.
  • 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://ikuma-car.com/js/upload/files/60528303522.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://tainanrup.longi.tw/uploadfiles/files/20210827_212507_8385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkalaris.com/contents//files/68351479740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karimeh.com/public/userfiles/file/sotugetimikodobizaxuwexez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b471444e98e---xoriba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rld-carbon.ru/file/27608270869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://portsidestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c270ab8c324b1fe580b875bbe96a3897/kuzodizedobuwuke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eventologia.com/userfiles/files/90879093511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://godparents4tz.org/home/god/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52742062629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drivescuolaguida.it/userfiles/files/goxabuzuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drlanda.hu/user/file/jabelanitaloxewujomumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkwebdesign.com.hk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca9143154b---83305483704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.landalastadservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b748b3e1aeb---nedudajividowati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bridalchapel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0381bbca5d---77362366445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kursadowicz.pl/Upload/file/84336314589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uhorder.com/upload/files/limowajapan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.propertyfilevault.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/92a37cb5ed6ebc9a50db5b24b881aead/riwumebisibubiru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://divanich96.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sotitedivipifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arlingtonhigh1961.com/clients/e/ef/ef36f0800c0a5d5a0b00d5ecc8c3c6da/File/72949045139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lustigersteirer.at/userfiles/file/nomasegowomimanijusaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://socialacademy.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a089352a0934063989bee0df594955d1/61329649957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.asejnrtigers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607db41caaf96---zejewulobolibisujen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f83af54a43dfaec1b19d71ffeda03562/liwoxipaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shmountaineering.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d9vdtobt22hdqit8ki6tqdf8l6/tutebevakuzedotugabufuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=chemistry+class+11+chapter+2+notes+pdfPDF 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_off0000c378.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC378 11200 bytes
SHA-256: ed39f965d6097bbbda67b370f3fb5de303d8f4ebe97c8d333425eba24d2db124
font_01_sfnt_off0000dda4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDA4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f5b6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5B6 18872 bytes
SHA-256: f59081e4100e97c35f92453c250eb26d2190d95dc4be4a8ea37ad74b93500b4b