Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a35972a071e3f607…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.0 KB Created: 2021-07-22 16:53:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: e58b3b40bbc4dc8c8dcea53208ad8174 SHA-1: e977fd488d0047abddeddf64fc259bdfaf54f39b SHA-256: a35972a071e3f607866a6e57bd0c69af73f2446e8355b8dc4fcd72e6b0d53d77
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document contains numerous external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded links are the primary indicators of compromise, suggesting a phishing or redirection attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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://xuantruongtech.com/images/ckeditor/files/4932290879.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://zhansq.cn/upload/file/ziridafapoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atraba-holding.com/userfiles/file/37034225306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sitepride.com/clients/c/c8/c8c605999f3d8352d7bb792cf3fdb25b/File/20150360843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.next-conseil.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097a0bc11aea---33716783743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hytechplus.com/userfiles/file/verefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dirpub.org/editor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lutururexugukoputuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.allatpatikapecs.hu/images/file/vijuvijelese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://windcampus.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f6610cf9be---67795016784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joshuadacosta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609afc6a19867---25962239094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipsib.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7157955a0a427be114ffbeb3c1fc33b5/57925225552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gearforfree.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tfsoa56sjhkltc7gng7ttn24o6/75759089911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chrislahoda.ca/userfiles/file/39977148484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gamaconsultores.cl/upload/file/wumor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sarajevo-inn-grunewald.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8f48b0ee0f---45415800068.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akgikorea.com/file_upload/fck_upfile/file/85034874746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nceptionsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cd8d3b8e64cc12383412619e06fb708c/32692416409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unipell.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cbd75c98ff---pinapozazoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carthink.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ec4efe3cfe9---13146097697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jaunimodienos.lt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ubjjqrejdpoe01emp96u88nkbk/rakowepalovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haps.company/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aea11vem7k8thjl1n6ba0bskn6/bafoxemameruvefubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hillcountryawningsandsunscreens.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077f0f0c0b48---nejafutajupulizewesuka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.novet.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e4cd67ab1bf---mosabiwuzogelesubori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andeanskyline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609863331ce06---xinegezujulafaleni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=anjaan+serial+all+episodesPDF 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_off000106bf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106BF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011ed6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11ED6 10400 bytes
SHA-256: a92b15328f70996837e90cdff5a595690ec203144fcf48a2f097813c2a8dc67e
font_02_sfnt_off00013667.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13667 17576 bytes
SHA-256: 3e9dfe9ab66cdb4290b0c454511fed3759dbf7962bb30ceb349767a64d932984