Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 35cc7c363d95e4a2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.1 KB Created: 2021-07-03 22:46:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-16
MD5: 5c375290443fd6aa959b65ce120fa72f SHA-1: eb8901a1a8156caf10231e846034a19a4707e87b SHA-256: 35cc7c363d95e4a2767a98f4a58f158de326efc194b3c6050d8ae26c5346e006
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. The document body is heavily obfuscated, preventing a clear understanding of its specific lure, but the overall structure points to a malicious PDF designed to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://gingerbreadvillage.org/clients/e/e3/e396b250b60561adcb946853f9f62e29/File/xarorukoje.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.adatechotomasyon.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073b66f4dd75---56620727758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eatorhours.org/e-bussiness/fckimages/file/85768502398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lookupagency.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fe0ba894f3---befolilefezowudigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleyhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/90be4562cce6b1b10227dce1550e7d83/sixizovetero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://consol.hu/images/uploadedimages/file/ratub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://puertoestereo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5sthld69a4ikoedbq63e84b3mt/77597208501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleypto.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70f4393b32df594ad2453423009d5643/nizoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mobistore.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d851af523b0f669356122bf91d7938ab/84493358819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://useoneconvo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1c58a539e258b9b63e136c731add1226/79677206576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160943f746d41a---nedoven.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://legalinet.eu/userfiles/files/64361240689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ofipapel.org//ckfinder/userfiles/files/lodedolobokolidazafazazak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609be21706328---39697120205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.saraviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d6e8f4a850---36691874689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klpa.net/userData/board/file/nelimixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://findmealocalpainter.com/insurazon/admin/userfiles/file/kuvugedufipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agenziaimmobiliarecannavo.eu/userfiles/files/jikibaritoxiguwivaviv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://organicfertilizerproduction.com/d/files/duwix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flycam.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c39525b2c20---82509142784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://extremetour74.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a61bc62e661b5ae013890026f487098c/muwafoduwewoxeki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=brown+white+mousePDF 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_off0000d951.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD951 16440 bytes
SHA-256: ced184ef5aba00ac1a3875198066541779a7c633bc6676e421e0602895589e9f
font_01_sfnt_off00010404.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10404 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011c1b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C1B 10404 bytes
SHA-256: af7950fee7fae2f1f83d7b04d64bfe42318cbd8977ca0f647d079516fc585a18