Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 35cad05c27b4c194…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.7 KB Created: 2021-09-12 16:44:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-07
MD5: 1c54164d9872e6ee242b1c1da40358e7 SHA-1: f45948164105c2e2d49ef36d610c75ccc12ee10a SHA-256: 35cad05c27b4c194b244e73da31fe18ceb22ab4bbb8230fedbc1e45b3cd25185
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically indicating phishing and trojan activity. Heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external domains, some of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. The embedded URLs suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious content, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=naruto+shippuden+176 PDF link annotation
    • http://fzsvybbs.at/userfiles/file/74886711889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siriusdynamics.com/assets/uploads/files/99416305446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cfi-registration.amyhalter.com/buzzboxgift/img/userfiles/files/senigad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thebankcardservice.com/uploads/files/10870211933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://windscrm.net/files/file/vozojar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dichvumucin.com/upload/ckupload/files/sijalijedabasolinemogesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paolacaone.eu/userfiles/files/taxanadofakopotakivixulod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lokalsport.no/userfiles/file/tokoledapurune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://isystemlab.com/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27546968998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poornasreehomeoclinic.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/taxuzerin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://j1medical.com/uploaded/file/desowugububadezepirusov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vdi.vn/userfiles/file/givego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uekekb.ru/!upload/files/maserusebemopazorusomit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dioceseofniranam.org/userfiles/file/tewotibuxalekive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pristineleather.com/userfiles/file/77694462982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bachson.net/upload/file/zirojobaxef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://archcosmeticstudio.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fcf0ae06d986a3cc76024f3cf8f86ef0/ligavupigomajajijubunuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inclinedigital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161383461230d6---65884795506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://runnersavezzano.it/public/userfiles/file/43598463614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irmascaritasdejesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613434aae9394---35083726071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hamlineparkplaza.com/assets/amund/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52433961846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://old.bgk-meshkova.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gekuropimakedurexukomuka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daming-school.com/userfiles/file/96601856535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://projetovm.com/uploads/files/60205144652.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_off0000c557.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC557 10792 bytes
SHA-256: e5e9cd2287f76f8dab2087d51e159f1e36b8876b2071fd0d3d07fd4ccd7d8308
font_01_sfnt_off0000de47.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE47 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f659.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF659 18164 bytes
SHA-256: e31414657c83bddd805f66324a2ce4a9ae85f5c837b8337bb5693e5293c3cf16