Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 35d1ed05b29a72d7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.3 KB Created: 2021-10-02 15:07:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 3699dcd1363c6b8267c87aa99355d528 SHA-1: 2fcd012acbea7fdcfd876453ca71b1eb6899ad23 SHA-256: 35d1ed05b29a72d776bf7bbcc2390427aa2066f631d1c824fe1bd0d8e9917f2e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of these link farms and the overall structure indicate a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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 http://bbmpva.nl/fckassets/file/22415476923.pdf
    • http://geyuping.com/geyuping/uploadfile/file/2021091000211073499.pdf
    • https://cruiseship.cruises/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bkhlah0jq7aboik4nk4laj953v/muwufokaziramubemedukimoj.pdf
    • http://herodumpsterrental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7604f307eaad5592d6d04c175a313c9e/gigufir.pdf
    • http://drivescuolaguida.it/userfiles/files/wudobaw.pdf
    • https://jjpremiers.com/files/98439445387.pdf
    • https://houstoncoinclub.org/FCKeditor/file/97120205614.pdf
    • http://yatros.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614bf2a4cd4b9---49984180164.pdf
    • http://museodegliarazzimarsala.com/userfiles/files/71173770706.pdf
    • http://itaxabc.com/userfiles/file/20210924044855_1568043142.pdf
    • https://fruitssupplier.com/app/webroot/img/files/warezurujunomeramusazawub.pdf
    • http://ksiclubcom.ksiclub.org/svnprojects/DHD/Source/images/files/41258476910.pdf
    • https://alexspa.pl/userfiles/file/6083864205.pdf
    • http://kriosispl.com/cote_dor_import/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xiwumoxaxetejuvoxoto.pdf
    • http://opersan.com/file/batezet.pdf
    • https://bachson.net/upload/file/notimetuvugoxu.pdf
    • https://www.lumisolar.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161359b3feb397---88581755518.pdf
    • http://terralis.eu/catalogue_dynamique/file/selilomumozemerudekoko.pdf
    • https://www.inter-tube.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4552007a3b144e4ce103e17ba7e6f4a8/66728396344.pdf
    • https://pasarantogel.com/contents/files/25484189035.pdf
    • http://csigikes.hu/admin/fck_upload/file/mimavibenuw.pdf
    • http://bsl-trans.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60083549276.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=kris+jenner+before+and+after+plastic+surgery
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000afbf.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAFBF 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000c7d1.bin
168c1152230f86bec852072de984796bd729dfd25488cf5bdca51ee9a71d5570
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC7D1 15380 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000eeee.bin
d0ee1cae70f3db19416e2140b03077492c8fafff22f414c317a5fc15df5bb0c5
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEEE 11268 bytes