Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 35f08d02b45ca78e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.3 KB Created: 2021-07-03 08:38:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 401a756467c85c932a571a019ec031dc SHA-1: f20449c033bc9137129fd2cab40bd693b0a06216 SHA-256: 35f08d02b45ca78e743a29d92ad80c2dcb7a7ee018a7a5462e65d36bdcb9f6dc
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, identified by the 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' heuristics. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The document body is heavily obfuscated and unreadable, providing no direct clues to its purpose.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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://costumeworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d4dc96374cf---99173426671.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://dejavuruse.com/userfiles/file/19364166943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rogierstoel.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/85h0aagqmclkltc2mb0chmi02f/11745820648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elitaliaweb.it/upload/file/60164847496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikankara.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079d758ce111---30663940586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laneopx.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607999d48d6e8---48309380013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://debcopharma.com/userfiles/file/magalisaxakaboburoler.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daleel.global/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dqusk3gn35d9i65vl0t1hcuoq5/peforukosomarozegeruno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aksaaydinlatma.com/img/editor/image/file/70999406027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stpetejazz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u4u7nd4tf44kied5k539o58bov/pibigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edwardfmcgintypa.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/44193659441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://completecollegestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f9031d8ff3cf4b6302a0910378b5c7ce/20083917285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doublehair.center/upload/ckfinder/files/14727813537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pousadamarazul.tur.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608405c0abb44---dabagef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lncxjzxxw.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-22/20210522070424131497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jamurgoreng.net/contents//files/baxinutupapofopixamovaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wpsqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bbec42f8bb948e94ebd76856a77eb836/sewawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.restorationservice.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073d3e298402---47903891055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bawwabatrizq.com/userfiles/file/litotuzutejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rittenhousesmiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/00012a55fc9de9e121a0754d97f1b073/duwaletegepobumuripadas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soudurelausiere.ca/upload/editor/file/vivepunokonuzajurowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sammyuriasproperties.com/userfiles/files/18732524444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fecomerciomg.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8256ff0eec---37629576647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://demircanticaret.com/userfiles/file/gijorapijolep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://piazzademarini3ge.com/userfiles/files/voworopagosedanovalumilaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=calories+in+chicken+drumettes+with+skinPDF 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_off0000d32f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD32F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000eb41.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB41 16556 bytes
SHA-256: 1c0cc791ba6c9b3e5df4e8f0fb60825a58ee6984d3d81c02aaca0468cf818d66
font_02_sfnt_off0001164e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1164E 10944 bytes
SHA-256: ca223da268d424ea28b84edff203b7193a60ffd693e126929de3b2fbce07010d