Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a35a63da53ceace3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.8 KB Created: 2021-07-31 01:33:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: f29219b20f4bb6a783b9b393c16b2b74 SHA-1: 0a23caeba78d53e26ef3412b7f27357e457ab0a6 SHA-256: a35a63da53ceace3ffd3c86fc50beaddcf34c192315770e63111ca2d10b53ae4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised websites and disposable domains, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with phishing and malware distribution campaigns.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9914

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
  • 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 http://tantex.org/tantex/tantexuserfiles/file/nedimejivuga.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ipjanah.ir/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ibutui4vp0hu3o45gjbgdd7q10/mejorinepijami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fidelishospice.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88220263457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tenshinorchids.com/FCKeditor_upload/file/pemurejolola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.asejnrtigers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607070a3f225c---65319146639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://envigest.cz/upload/file/72154667070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mithermomix.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fb44bbcbb4de3c66e495418e8b81f496/47334192811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medeeatour.ro/mm/file/donutekotufozenawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chicagoportablexray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b185835e0b4---sopikesulopavuvopomefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tilestone-pools.com/i/File/72551095585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://homeopathyhongkong.cn/files/48427035036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://librojuridico.com/aym_images/files/65308395598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sparkprototypes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bb1309c199---kiwoguxetikenebizobefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://juhaszautovill.hu/userfiles/file/30447849196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.trimbleexpress.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e6588b1c5c8---xugininixumubagejok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imhkayseri.com/resimler/files/taturaxiriwezado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercedesbenzofaustinservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085f653a9f0c---77939298717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antik-cafe-bergen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b119e1bc1c---bifelelute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://independentmusicleague.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/30973a67085ad25ffcfdd75a7b5a7bbd/bulaluvajedafapuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aczv.fr/userfiles/file/xexususawinonavorar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://primebrokeragetx.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91698726954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mywil.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609eda9ab6397---17845823785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alarrabnews.com/images/content/content/file/kukubovarijimovelesudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pepsima.biz/files/file/48303740056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandiosa.is/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/87d4cs67mn5f4173lgc38volr4/nolupirozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lumisolar.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608714a42da77---nudami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=possessive+adjectives+and+possessive+pronouns+worksheet+answersPDF 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_off0000c525.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC525 11040 bytes
SHA-256: 3e1cd962574405ec4ee4613e30c2098a9cbc0295277cd9257a39d3095fd66754
font_01_sfnt_off0000dedb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDEDB 16900 bytes
SHA-256: 0045b01810a85c3e8087a42d36839ef9b35a4ee09576a0ef9519fca7b6d97a86
font_02_sfnt_off00010ae3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AE3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1