Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b35a1a3f139801ba…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.3 KB Created: 2021-08-22 05:19:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 9a9ee9ae86b34c6904f02a12941c87dc SHA-1: faaf32c0d82a251d3bca345509e4877c10b33b3b SHA-256: b35a1a3f139801ba34345003af7e734652a02a209cb241c3f04bdebb15d7ebe3
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It uses an invoice-themed lure. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and presents a deceptive download button. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9988

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Fake invoice / payment lure low SE_INVOICE_LURE
    Document contains invoice or payment language paired with an action verb — useful context when combined with link, macro, or attachment indicators
  • 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://ricarda-allegra.de/userfiles/file/xibidopa.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.oknookna.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160838a0aef251---mesoligigijimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yongqingtech.com/d/files/kufidebapikaworametadabum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inglewoodreunion.com/clients/68690/File/faloxitomemavugogiloferes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://belgium-ex.com/images/blog//file/38465784442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novosib-sport.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wuwowupofuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zae.me/datafiles/file/tokujodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.digitalsofts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a00e80565e---rogopokipaveweve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antwerp-rentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c727b877c7---28692616073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schouteninterieurwerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609aaf597f458---pixarazogazajuzakox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smithmurdock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079e58abd34f---12463600634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epoxidice.ro/mm/file/3097132019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spadhotel.com/basefile/spadhotelcom/files/vubumegusofakon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bjjewels.net/nbloom/fckuploads/file/goruwarixugukepetegatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://susta.vn/userfiles/file/35691397594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asalsold.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cc087d03430---lerawow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecodiagnost.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14305098378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gmkms.net/upfile_editor/2021/files/67626898500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rudolphi.nu/userfiles/file/wemowexopakawosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://styliststudios.com/imagesTE/file/bofasenotufasoxepinovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sip7.pl/autoinstalator/sip7.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1c873f188bd4f20dd88e5805fabf17ad/zonojopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cleannshieldflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3165b08f40a37fea92644a8658363dd9/derufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://softtox.com/new/userfiles/file/15627193174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sellos-mecanicos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/200f61f0d2b0b0da3b147956782670c4/87653592170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=credit+note+template+uk+word+docPDF 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_off00010e97.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E97 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000126ae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126AE 10816 bytes
SHA-256: c21f733dbb12a0d2c9c4bf6c1ac2f363b8903e52375f05e1636e3a3e01f750ff
font_02_sfnt_off00013fab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13FAB 18180 bytes
SHA-256: 4d03629a7569e4c0d9a7ff658b44e359a2872e8da2162a92249e66a895398edd