Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c35245be24184cf5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

161.4 KB Created: 2021-06-25 18:22:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 3cea9f31a93f228772baded187462697 SHA-1: 58e6ba5f43500be2ce9e9c317f9a16704b179f1f SHA-256: c35245be24184cf5ed30704363caac682fce3228e4c6751be864440cdeb5fabb
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the embedded URLs and the PDF structure suggest it may leverage PDF-specific JavaScript for malicious redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9913

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://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=differential+diagnosis+for+anaphylaxis
    • http://infinity-pro.ru/userfiles/file/79733513856.pdf
    • https://markzone.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2nei2ec7irdv6stle64f6enner/10628435004.pdf
    • https://dolnoslaskialarmsmogowy.pl/imgturysta/files/54716145958.pdf
    • http://muzeumostrowiec.pl/obrazy/file/29514898785.pdf
    • https://maloneslandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aea97158cbd---89896961136.pdf
    • http://sarljarry.fr/userfiles/file/femulorarigonoka.pdf
    • https://www.harasportcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ddu3cn1i215pftc7qi24u2h8hd/78990995066.pdf
    • http://pulsrmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d356a110973---faxerawawizikuk.pdf
    • http://isystem.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zivusedaf.pdf
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/alq8saqdsm64q7a9uu7f78d561/22521765462.pdf
    • https://telenovella-bg.com/files/77468484179.pdf
    • http://www.predoisiasociatii.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d5c8ee9fb7---bivobadukidakejoxafamuzom.pdf
    • http://cbelmira.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r6a75n88cqspb1jdqdqvsrqa91/mafodenapizogadanesuraji.pdf
    • https://www.officinadelgustoroma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/51bc685846b04a58557c36fd9c1901de/63748591366.pdf
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b7401c3610---7288009726.pdf
    • http://aire-limpio.com/img/editor/file/jarosotezumuvu.pdf
    • https://a2designbg.com/userfiles/file/10307207887.pdf
    • http://immodraft.nrw/images/architekten_agentur_images_/file/kilawukubu.pdf
    • https://rybczewice.pl/userfiles/file/51102695383.pdf
    • https://harpethvalleypto.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3854e2efc7def1da3303cb95c59ee2b3/rubek.pdf
    • http://timebank.ru/sites/default/files/photos/pagefile/xefulabetovotamup.pdf
    • https://ceilford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/00395a97178d9bf330674e4fad296c9a/kanibemodibebere.pdf
    • http://thehawthornnyc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b4fd22f39d---tixojilewubimivozarut.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00021624.bin
d684c9f18d10a7810d7a5d3db3c13d7c4c82826ed3977ea65a43fa2ab96f471c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x21624 18264 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0002465a.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2465A 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00025e71.bin
c3b53a67420a2e133324a1b08f20553bfb3e3903232d8a4b8787e3213d322271
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x25E71 10992 bytes