Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 35dc424193807ff6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.8 KB Created: 2021-08-19 16:43:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: f6b93a0c714e125d613e651fffc39529 SHA-1: 68a8627d71215e9bd08ee553d5ee16adea5901a1 SHA-256: 35dc424193807ff672f5c71c09f8decb801433b51fc6de1e6001aea84b038a78
244 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document exhibits multiple high-severity heuristics indicating malicious intent, including ML classification and ClamAV detection. It contains numerous links to external resources, many hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of 'SE_PAYMENT_REDIRECT_LURE' and 'SE_INVOICE_LURE' heuristics strongly indicates a phishing attempt, likely to trick users into believing they need to update payment details or view an invoice, leading them to click on the embedded malicious URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

Heuristics 9

  • 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.
  • Payment redirection / bank-detail change lure high SE_PAYMENT_REDIRECT_LURE
    Document describes new or changed bank, wire, ACH, IBAN, SWIFT, or routing instructions — a high-value business-email-compromise pattern
  • 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.
  • Fake invoice / payment lure low SE_INVOICE_LURE
    Document contains invoice or payment language paired with an action verb — useful context when combined with link, macro, or attachment indicators
  • 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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+calculate+dividend+per+share+from+financial+statements
    • https://pypconsultores.mx/userfiles/file/2039793562.pdf
    • http://www.contectrade.hu/fckfiles/file/16556048601.pdf
    • http://www.oknookna.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dbfb1ce0ea---45570687912.pdf
    • https://claphamjunction.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bf0cd52897ced719a009baa99aaee4bb/watuxiluratodu.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fddcde1f02---xizobivedo.pdf
    • http://studiomedicoveterinariobellucci.eu/userfiles/files/kowotezoni.pdf
    • https://xn--arbeitskndigungsrecht-best-5zc.de/userfiles/file/telolizavodewarigu.pdf
    • https://studio45.live/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bg9a5l7a7rqsb547q87uvpbj2d/xizujorufisufuki.pdf
    • https://xetnghiemadndanang.com/upload/userfiles/files/30650299616.pdf
    • http://www.franklinwebdesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070732281ea1---pirodaludogogozawebege.pdf
    • https://www.varisistanbul.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b0377374b9---51695564706.pdf
    • http://bbfederico2.net/userfiles/file/bogejuz.pdf
    • http://stolizstekla.ru/userfiles/file/3296342329.pdf
    • https://408of53crownstreet.com/assets/media/files/dizirifegevisureke.pdf
    • http://www.suffaheducation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096df4b0068f---sidusuwisozolululojizotaf.pdf
    • https://hyundainhapkhau.vn/upload/files/83022632509.pdf
    • http://vmkmsz.hu/userfiles/file/38486850000.pdf
    • http://hilimall.ae/uploads/files/sitalididovebeju.pdf
    • https://arzhosting.com/calisma2/files/uploads/rudiwigo.pdf
    • https://www.businesswatchguardingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ik6v28dnq78b0h8jcihucrk76d/puzedorasileroxod.pdf
    • http://yaqeen-eg.com/userfiles/file/73765066926.pdf
    • 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_off0000e297.bin
708cfdf26bb43d2ef498bceaee1d2d7fe4400a9107545864f9fa51edb5811943
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE297 17076 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010f53.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F53 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001276a.bin
b1038617ff5840a00c03334264f1450b7053cca8ded4115b68a9701e5d6a4516
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1276A 11128 bytes