Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 35e3748f89ecc1dc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.3 KB Created: 2021-09-03 22:48:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: e6d86a5e8be5da9dbc8a370197d1f073 SHA-1: 51363e9a709bec0b5de5348ddb221dbd6f0884e7 SHA-256: 35e3748f89ecc1dc8fe1037f960cf628af4fefdb20e437f1deb73b8cd6f5efce
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a critical ClamAV detection and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links to compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting sites, suggesting it's part of a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of a visual download button lure further supports a phishing or malware distribution intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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 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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=terex+pt30+manual PDF link annotation
    • http://zulassung4you.de/bilder/file/59700013919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foire-fromages-et-vins.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d2273ea554---jufadovewuxesizazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlanthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a4e9493633a14a8b1e6491810c5d7231/wujiregazaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.booster-p.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ce84f2d3c6---18507065968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abnicum.com/files/file/pafiridagisowog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbetelparaguay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c8edd8e1c963bb4afb0177aaf2392431/98102880943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lemonsport.hu/upload/file/83760903795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bf-pomosch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ji2gld6tsdl2biqs007se45274/xoguvuxotaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.morenoroofing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d113c16f16---54668729720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://northstarexecutivesearch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/01bf2690109725ec40e91518f3498026/noxem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://menokatea.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/safinazemarod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doubletroubels.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc8323a12c---86270698615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veterina-hrib.cz/user-uploads/files/dabedalejunewomosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://malovanesklomh.cz/images/file/tadipelexivuvilanofeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regenerativetherapyforpain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/edb5af26e0f02a64fd00802e7456b402/61102006193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://airshow-bg.com/file/basuxojewizuxipinire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://activsport.ro/userfiles/file/zulenomifepaperove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webbuilders.com/files/file/tolisosexikur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartcookieacademy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161030fba2bbd1---97111911624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3e-recycling.ru/app/webroot/filesfiles/rosulesibowufopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refundsrefunds.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160edb6f83e7c9---35318765036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleyhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3be1650fb67354a68f4b0659cdbe941c/dogoredalanenudevasamiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.luminicaambiental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2fed12ba2e---89172273293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bergfin.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16124b6a39c053---57926643641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://exporoaster.com/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/dosemu.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_off0000d687.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD687 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ee9e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE9E 10492 bytes
SHA-256: e254315d0845b4ce6c5f14601171e884e76dd1766f379c45d0284df9ba3ec87a
font_02_sfnt_off0001067b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1067B 17496 bytes
SHA-256: 26e1e520ce43b0a27964ad5d8e29b4976a9df450f1bf53e0968a4d34ca2c5c68