Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b035f188eb1e12fb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.1 KB Created: 2021-09-06 10:21:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: 65948063d47d28ca4b947025946e4ce6 SHA-1: 170a4d2758dc4803167983851aefdd0a6d0934ef SHA-256: b035f188eb1e12fbcabfc5329a6bb4446f6788243c905d5724083b67a96659a5
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting it's designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of embedded JavaScript indicates an attempt to execute code, likely to download or exploit further. The link farm structure and compromised hosting are strong indicators of a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://ddtoyz.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lapipokazimajagirazo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sad-azov.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/608add97451564b2b809a90b815c19ab/98035305948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polinagerz.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vg6cs9tkv95i6a095j6ik9pq7e/88124316257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lamaisonducoeur.ca/upload/editor/file/somunojeponotijeku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://c4ir.ae/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ga96okoevvas9c5tkr5pjchk6/49368082408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.carlosfunes.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a47f4f54811---81132665454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaifruits.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bc2eecac26---69408435565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alakharia.com/public_html/userfiles/file/20061768267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.srijonihealinghome.com/fckimages/file/bufesawarabidosukisogika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msslink.ru/userfiles/files/regufumikunevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luminex.pl/upload/file/tasoxexevobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bajajsports.com/userfiles/file/63165746492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhlamresort.vn/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7661c6b1d8---gujikotefidefikuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxurytravel-show.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a66e3fd59e07c6b36929dcdfc01107cc/lonafonaxopide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eminenceconstruction.ca/viking1/uploads/files/daxijolesugazur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://upservice.expert/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/palekotumetudujavotesileg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pitin-akutsu.com/js/upload/files/28822777077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fairway.cc/images/blog//file/savozodakavivarivuzat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrotehholding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eeea590bf33892a507ef59686bc8cc1d/31836875841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nutronicltd.com/userfiles/file/ridisokate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christembassyromford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/07ae3e5d638324c420c15517cf71e306/85945161791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inewbus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7njpasnf81q9dk6nmok4gqrmu6/94145194751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lhs75aa.org/clients/0/08/08eb77d093c5251d787cf05842b4a73c/File/mopopijekofigira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://186086.com/upload/files/56039651707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greenbiotech.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/24059892720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://matras-matrasych96.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ripikuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=stanislavski+an+actor%27s+handbook+pdfPDF 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_off0000d588.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD588 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ed9f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED9F 10992 bytes
SHA-256: 4ae4cb542cc1c504583613c400dcb804838833f302d16f8a3097840e542b18e8
font_02_sfnt_off000106e3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106E3 16856 bytes
SHA-256: 96f6affa4d0279f03e078297bae445e0e7c0fbc01d9049b54ce736a67af5fa45