Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bf35332a24f9c6f2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.4 KB Created: 2021-07-07 11:51:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 6cf144eac09aa3f30573b8379fc81392 SHA-1: e655fbc0a188f65f6143b3c2773792497564cd7f SHA-256: bf35332a24f9c6f2a854845403b8a88d89fc084d6356901df6f3d9db0c50d63f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document contains numerous external URIs and links to compromised CMS uploads, indicating it functions as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The document body is heavily obfuscated and unreadable, but the presence of embedded URLs and the overall structure point towards a malicious distribution mechanism.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=general+knowledge+questions+and+answers+in+english+for+class+7 PDF link annotation
    • http://worksafeorg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/33uo9u47qm68p865n8boeprke6/ponutukokedolarox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mfdesign.hu/files/file/rukexavezonamisuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://assurancemauricie.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f85d6c8833---28086660372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3e-recycling.ru/app/webroot/filesfiles/veluterinosum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amblamy.ee/upload/file/kelununogavobubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nationalcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b949af68aff---45668383027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.americansummercamps.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f3c577fa36---15142498260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botanicgardenscafe.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d5c9166d6c---zarosawolowisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steclotildehorton.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090d5a44fd29---vovopuvizerisazutewitan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lbs.ac.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k8trqt9dhtdlrkl5ess60mrrj1/9751459764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075bd955d02d---parajut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bbensonmft.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9a33ad02e89a64cf3c7946ee31419edf/97647781677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://burmesecatclub.nz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b95d872d9a137e1117522d4f784ef567/83134842306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.americansummercamps.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607862cecc4dc---lexofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://husvagnsexpo.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c357134859---9342956229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irmascaritasdejesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096ae3bb76d4---83361245742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tifdip.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab146c7882f---wixig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.norestim.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aed07189a20---gifimomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://first-group.kr/ckupload/files/gizasinajufumasigavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hagensmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160711add9e5b1---togenav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cainghienbinhduong.com/uploads/userfiles/file/wivomakatuxodobuguvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://controlcert.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608747065fbaa---sozulojepakumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mtcclassof81.com/clients/0/0a/0a45bd3013a8cc77df817aa526a911b1/File/98131084427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000f2c0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2C0 17844 bytes
SHA-256: be58de6e6c613070bf481cf6023b871aad98199af67273a269c02a1c5867b21c
font_01_sfnt_off000121a7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121A7 11268 bytes
SHA-256: 436621b6c471c7df27aa5c627df707dbc96ad598e319397229def0a383fc049c
font_02_sfnt_off00013bb2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13BB2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1