Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b35ad01c358143fa…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.4 KB Created: 2021-07-15 22:32:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: e4ca02f89bbab5eab08e27dc1136da96 SHA-1: 10652dfb8addbed52c7a6c1565a9965b76751a8b SHA-256: b35ad01c358143fa4fabc4cfeedd02f91c111dadba2d28784dc2eff8f16129bd
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of links, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution via these links. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was unreadable, so the primary indicators are the URL structures and heuristic firings.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://systematix.pl/userfiles/file/61517748964.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://suachuaspa.com/upload/images-content/files/82469151012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://independentmusicleague.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/59fa267262780904eb576695c75e3e13/vokowutorejakiwekitima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spectrumohio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9fdad78762a596acc8bfff79b5c487f4/mubinirurexege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e66bbcbfa380964a86853820bf9f1374/98031767224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160985b0a07dce---rukozegegeroxenududebake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://controldellaves.com/app/webroot/arxius/file/44116314611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eclipsetheaters.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b462ddd5bce---movobutixipugepunomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agendaalzheimer.org/files/galeria/files/joweninaxajowidezule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://churchliferesources.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d05a57b2c8---75530682835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d83e3d776e0---visuluvixubugat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamoncup.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d35b1031c2---33136661924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-dolgoprudny.ru/upload_picture/file/dodulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glbtrader.com/userfiles/file/27474673878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ladychief.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b3979f5e9cdbe8ddc3f3a7f1b1de8a01/darevuzitotigovaranepefot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alakharia.com/public_html/userfiles/file/41083815167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reliancecareuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/333d1b5b85c05f552454304f0c1ad4c1/vifatomisomirefazudemus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cloverpark1961.com/clients/6/6a/6a73a08bb68f643008adb5efbbb44e43/File/38399026192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atenngo.com/admin/sites/site/documents/jiwufiwivude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarahscupcakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077b40eec1ec---vujaburu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://recapress.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46853780375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teaterskolen-efteruddannelsen.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92744131103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dharmapuridiocese.com/svnprojects/DHD/Source/images/files/kunesig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://championshipsportsrings.com/clients/23492/File/83750885340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thehawthornnyc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160965f2229217---385731293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadavisaservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160913d795c714---94370887047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=one+piece+ace+jolly+rogerPDF 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_off00010304.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10304 10552 bytes
SHA-256: 6e0b2fbe84c506193965d40d50b11d68f9be00834c14c3388f8380fe409cc3aa
font_01_sfnt_off00011b24.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B24 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013336.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13336 18652 bytes
SHA-256: 3ea053b9e308521a465ea48f9a8cbf6252e15396d55940daa93c9d931a1873fd