Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 35ed0289cca65e8d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

100.1 KB Created: 2021-08-02 07:50:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 32cebd431fafe1e6f5eafc98bd9372d4 SHA-1: 8ea4683fa9f905944a794a6f77a4fac6554c0fbe SHA-256: 35ed0289cca65e8d1f28f0e57a61aa823b0d89a62b32e7db7f57dc7cce113fdc
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to various domains, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites hosting PDF files. The 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' heuristics indicate a pattern of using disposable or compromised hosting for link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9979

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 https://lisacutler.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b580674a8d1---sopawapora.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.photobreak.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bac800915a---famisatejagasuwapoxevadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elenasteele.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbe58265ed5---97702308777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ost-fogging.com/upload/files/ruminutuxin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2ds-creations.fr/userfiles/file/popusut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grecosalesinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ae7eab2349---wobufej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pointvirgule.ca/upload/editor/file/48169443699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hart-metale.pl/gimnazjum/userfiles/file/78460778831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.brightfieldbusinesshub.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3iopg5vf8oulbkggq0fhji653v/sezenidukovezawekemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teifsepahan.com/files/file/23615609786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dungcuruamui.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8i30lrasc44h89u5iufdfcr5fc/30515527264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.golaw.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098384513309---rojatagexikajevazibofirit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kisikana.hr/userfiles/file/47293899522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8jdrtfqtns4ap8nqqcnadumrb0/71383376517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whippets-au.com/clients/7/7f/7f5032e15db821a993a8146895416847/File/zanitusas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.geosuiteonline.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072c141a5132---daxusamixamufixijegitosob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.carlosfunes.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d15114de10---81673484329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f7c02b68ad3f97428d2306b73eade8ba/78108266990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirks-pool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cb18d5f592---jugokedepewiwada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bajajsports.com/userfiles/file/zaxezijifomudal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjjiffy.com/upload/xobudavafinisodesotemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://valeneighbors.com/userimages/nufibufetupojaremojado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoanggiaphatland.com/uploads/image/files/53463086676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finemetal-cn.com/upload/files/vorawituwawarumekef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hed-endo.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c456420d92---14375214084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=bohr+postulates+pdfPDF link annotation
    • 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_off000123e5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123E5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00013bfc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13BFC 10552 bytes
SHA-256: fcee1ecd2b272a462686af1b7f1163c52b01192f222738718302b28d7ea91eab
font_02_sfnt_off0001543c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1543C 17692 bytes
SHA-256: 7a64921f582522358fe32b44041dc88eab97b941c4cbff14e2b4acdab712bef6