Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 35f691f05caaeafb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.5 KB Created: 2021-07-16 02:41:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 7d97ffed7ce509a087fdb1c5b2554f3e SHA-1: 521351ad9a846e171850d7d7e158c544732cb8be SHA-256: 35f691f05caaeafb0a99bef355f5ef243a33caf4e25a2d09346a265a1107102c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to potentially compromised websites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to trick users into downloading malicious files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://akita-inu.lv/www/files/files/siviposigimebuxed.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://hattrick-sports.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607576ab9041b---logalataxutigejef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lamuccacompany.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d42f7099e71d0bd42b23b5b3788c2b41/pakifadirofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qboardapp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8941b4e8e3e226a274c5b10d96060e4f/pemorarowodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nowator-zpu.pl/userfiles/file/viferojamorijarosuvuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://muratay.nl/userfiles/file/30989663462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extracam.es/app/webroot/arxius/file/16587267886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://networkinglikepro.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48987608547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sussexweddingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aea31d71126---23133296884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://engravestone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a41e83102ec---75760752756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adiwirawanbali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae2ce18b83a711260b1f8f8e20b81e30/dumiwogelebiwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkwestresidences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9b04d79892---suxamojawes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://esperanzadeavila.com/fotos/file/21132969775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eurouniversal.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73232582101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jjmcp.jp/userfiles/Image/file/63886029899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abofahed.com/userfiles/file/57617750834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://obermeyer-modemarkt.de/upload/file/defuxuxuxepifitaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.freshstartdigitalmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ed3a7fa29017b742bef359430c6e9726/gekutido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercedesbenzofaustinservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b29d4688d35---bapewimubupuwuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rl9g7kchsi8bbub80262he5pi0/40979975384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eyestech.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k2utrt8eh8fnnusm2lpgj00lbp/nurenebozujobekibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://borderpak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7b8deee7a5746762b739398751529600/nomagizebinumafuwavakisaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirks-pool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3f199936c0---20314093602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yourhealthyourchoice.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073ac10c264f---bagumasifabukukupeje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.expoagrogto.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7grhjosteua40rs73krh4r7q41/lozadavuraku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=convert+pdf+to+pages+macPDF 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_off0000f240.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF240 18072 bytes
SHA-256: 11aadb720507ff2b6c34a046eb2c0e6e921a05101da58b761b886c2501890632
font_01_sfnt_off000121fc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121FC 10920 bytes
SHA-256: 4c36a5bc838fe3cce2f306d7581edfab4320a5781af956aa55d0965f943b5d4d
font_02_sfnt_off00013b2a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13B2A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1