Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 35edcca4d86db8c5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.0 KB Created: 2021-09-15 20:32:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-22
MD5: c636f498e0fc4fb03e6c827f35e3e66e SHA-1: 4927c489ae7f76e0fe143e03ce28ec9e4cd1b0d3 SHA-256: 35edcca4d86db8c5033291e8e8ea036c1eaafc4fa8d3057e69149b04e4e369de
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to various domains, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable hosting. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns suggest an attempt to lure users to external resources.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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 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.
  • 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://yar-net.ru/userfiles/file/85692265727.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.rannatennis.ee/data/upfiles/files/80814413829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://braindevelopmentmaps.org/userfiles/files/vominogoraxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aafbjcazdrhzgiddbbcsg4l.xn--p1ai/pict/file/75230693934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.keizerco.nl/userFiles/file/rojubezixibusik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sevsport.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a309f8e353ec56b8d172a8d360de4a7/57286747605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-antwerp.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141538ea659d---28842394499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veterinarioassociatopacinidallatorre.eu/userfiles/files/malekuresojizaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mcap.cz/images/uploadedimages/file/68795613517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seasonmediagroup.com/pic/file/fesewaleki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uralcomservis.ru/crn_fls/crn_files/8655492424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dentinale.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e5714fcb5b5f76d2f99cd20f6ad7c1b1/vajeviwamuzexudolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fotofolliasanlazzaro.it/userfiles/files/tesaradurumalavibifaved.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161416f39cc299---jazevulelaxobowuwumef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vernadoc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/671b64153d5074c1b3bec187606c303a/xeliwolagiwame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iphysiology.ru/upload/budifefovidak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://414movement.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6096f2f9700b3699a5ca4348cce78b50/jopawoxitekavolewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanyosushiglendora.com/uploads/files/vadowetojozemane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adance0112.com/upfile/editor/file/mamesufojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://profisystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134777dd39fa---23316001946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ms02bet.com/contents/files/kedujir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steclotildehorton.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139787cdf81f---60550040127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://valeaflorilor.ro/img/uploads/file/neruvoseburope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquaticlandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141b6340285b---74471627233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mitsubishilongbien.vn/images/ckeditor/files/josisigonopevomewik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=hitman+sniper+apk+mod+unlimited+moneyPDF 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_off0000dc28.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC28 10852 bytes
SHA-256: d6225b1f4c1d29b739dc0f439761f051d0a23c2b58f0aed50d6de4f5584e9852
font_01_sfnt_off0000f529.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF529 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010d3b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D3B 20176 bytes
SHA-256: 3d8b54d1fe0cf56af9ff5df93d100f076a5b26a237e5621b71aad2a4b98a0258