Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 35eb9eba9cc577db…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.9 KB Created: 2021-09-03 00:11:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-01
MD5: 0646ece8b73307adfb74ec4f26146a11 SHA-1: 5f66f00f633db9dc50cb670e4d91ae571fbdfb54 SHA-256: 35eb9eba9cc577db0d6739f33ce8d32f2d5b4f305dd3e6c55f06454f0a8317ab
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and presents a deceptive download button. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=doterra+30+day+cleanse+and+restore+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://acsalma.hu/userfiles/files/45024937207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.auditek.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cd01a064c0f---16617985987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nvsrolko.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17018114566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tikatalog.sk/_files/file/9153144575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhythmcprandfirstaid.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8e98bffed40289ec3c935e4f800782f/25343835485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jahnigterbraak.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073640111534---mekitebipanubujofanepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://charivne.info/images/file/21865958844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robertmatzuzi-massagetherapist.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac10c52c3eb---27447385890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://endoaccessories.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8h7j3vpifu7i8ed3l84j6a6eeh/54871853007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slp70.com/clients/873855/File/xezixipuxaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coreaad.com/DreamDataUpload/file/fonawibexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vr-spagna-20.effievirtual.com/galeria/files/gaforapaposoloraperinuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.expertnutritionadvisor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fd2159651d5---69923827171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquaticlandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab5a1e4a1fc---gufujakaburiwur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakecountyoralsurgery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae1b410403a---94256101042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnpair.com/userfiles/file/75492847795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.electriclighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4c60c1999fb0c8b13b7d51c579d5aabf/4039330874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.truesdalepainting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6d334a5c6b---82239280220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sarajevo-inn-grunewald.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c375c8fda3---sabeluwejuzebajemomal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.restorationservice.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098eae7ba85b---sukowujaruvuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://waterlootour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210812_B243D8302134AF0F.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://delannahotel.com/user_img/file/59335326688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://svenjakretschmer.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79762291053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hirurgija.me/files/2471659734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mnogotrop.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sisatoximazodinuxixanoba.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_off00010a97.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A97 10932 bytes
SHA-256: af79f08b4a088e9065c4995c7f5e02ebc35226967d56aece20c05a4af64e856b
font_01_sfnt_off00012419.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12419 19136 bytes
SHA-256: 42e562ff13fc162f98a8bce072bf3de9d61c8bc5e0d382aa321bdba70a208283
font_02_sfnt_off000155aa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x155AA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1