Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 35deb3e3e0fecdb4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.9 KB Created: 2021-08-07 23:51:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 011c6aaf42da86d90c44b616188a2380 SHA-1: d4d2d654fc65c2a9e804ec7ac7656c9c184a642f SHA-256: 35deb3e3e0fecdb46e3810fe8bbf3e1aa62b3864611f2741a4b342c3140a5c14
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file flagged by ClamAV as a 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan'. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to compromised WordPress upload storage and disposable hosting sites, likely to host or distribute further malicious content. The presence of embedded URLs and the ML classifier's high confidence score support this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9986

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://youstore21.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af8630e5031fd4eb4eddb7eb1258109b/tosetuvugopinen.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://brmhn.com/userfiles/file/20210728170751_lk8rcd.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blagoustroystvo24.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88295869267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://patriot.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6kll8jgne1ca7i6u89q479r5eo/70608865836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandinhr.eu/images/user/file/37565931028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://georgiamusicpartners.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/64af67c5d8d0b1ccdb89be6c514411df/lewaraw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hed-endo.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160782371d16ff---tigumekimofitaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fvhs1970.com/clients/876770/File/81021947531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecoinkworld.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d1f86e66964450789e8ae76982300521/dekinibimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chortho.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nou6djcpr0u2hpo2mm9qdif2er/86560089166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://champion-osk.pl/userfiles/file/25103057407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ntpuvoice.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44425075867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whuntex.ru/userfiles/file/73509583140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dedywiredja.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e9809817b5c---sudelupunasew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://118highschool.am/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/89f2a252459a6b54fa6e2d91b72ec61b/wilepidirofilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ibyservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5393dbbd3eb66d573dd5ab35bc22c2c9/65347016216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiosantese.eu/userfiles/files/penifulowolusuviworufavev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://metroguards.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d3762f10493---80573466089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jobsincrete.gr/images/_user_na/file/40987127575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humantouchtranslations.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/16106d04d09d97---demunujaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://franklcalabreseattorney.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/zepim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sckstone.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7666281de984e5f9279b75a47cb532c1/korinofopibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=how+do+i+update+my+samsung+tv+firmwarePDF link annotation
    • http://kioskcondoweb.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e19182594ed---96427687650.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_off0000fd35.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD35 11152 bytes
SHA-256: 777529649203e880ac5197ad64a375448e0cea7534b7fd7efc18be75234dcb31
font_01_sfnt_off0001171f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1171F 18156 bytes
SHA-256: b238ceed9c4c07071b0d8419ebf783c09597ab8a44526251da8005eade922723
font_02_sfnt_off000144f7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x144F7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1