Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 35f7a5e41c656f81…

MALICIOUS

PDF

67.6 KB Created: 2021-09-19 20:45:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 441c248d39bcdcd2ae8e788cd2de8431 SHA-1: ad532174425d4cac02fc55739aed664f9b7ed2f4 SHA-256: 35f7a5e41c656f81bed21e232e2cbd81734b2e3864b699db68538501c7534491
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure, including being image-heavy with minimal text and containing numerous embedded links pointing to potentially compromised websites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for credential harvesting or to serve as a dropper for further malicious payloads. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and link farm suggest a phishing attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 67 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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 http://gotween.com/userfiles/file///38042102765.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://pinkrali.com/calisma2/files/uploads/83570824601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ochoadentalcare.com/tacgestorcontenidos_ochoa/documentos/file/In PDF document text
    • http://eyupsifalibitkiler.com/resimler/files/sitikogalotadarawofijuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saipanbooking.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210907_4FEAC9C0CB391714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sgyscom.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-2/20210902150208804674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gservicepz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/62ed99009df1231df806c7d19e23482e/zupelet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myredm.ru/uploads/file/42203825315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gift-founder.com/archive/upload/files/87720022218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://np-laser.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-1/20210901112905140397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slowjamsundays.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16145921e7e4c5---lubukusojaxemuramabosimiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://turinimoti.com/assets/userfiles/file/malod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://guptajimarriagebureau.com/userfiles/file/xetotebipalon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://salvamontbihor.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/76057847414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kadeavenue.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f92d817346ee4df2fc7631a1dbf2788/mosifit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elementstraining.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qoluac1om29fcch4lgeo1c2m9m/zebamolerokuvozexis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pasarantogel.com/contents/files/1859747265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jaegeraviation.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vixexon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://888spirits.com/userfiles/file/kozetakedujupatufidux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okna-stv.ru/userfiles/files/75010891813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chiengthai.com/file_media/file_image/file/75222653691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agroanaliz.by/upload/editor/files/83865752492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dom4m.de/userfiles/files/runulibapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ourdesign.hk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tomujilowowasejilotiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=friv+tom+and+jerryPDF 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_off0000af09.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAF09 10480 bytes
SHA-256: 430fae50a77deb1670304046d86fb78f365e259afad00cce9834e6c765826e6c
font_01_sfnt_off0000c6c7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC6C7 14080 bytes
SHA-256: 3e836acdfeee511d52dff578a51c6f03a5fe8cd1142bd2f973e39bd7632a2a8b
font_02_sfnt_off0000e961.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE961 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1