Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cd35de3459c02767…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.4 KB Created: 2021-09-04 16:09:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: a101f32a31d359db815f0893fb08d42c SHA-1: 646e23d80175d37c4bbcbee15a9293a09a60ada1 SHA-256: cd35de3459c027678afd70ee2ff9d44144b0ae5b111cbd6601df38fccc492de6
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 User Execution: Malicious Link

The PDF is identified as a phishing lure due to its image-heavy nature and embedded links pointing to compromised WordPress sites. The heuristics indicate a typical phishing shape, where a screenshot is used to hide a clickable button. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious classification, likely serving as a delivery mechanism for further threats.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 68 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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 http://luckyassessoria.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f280f9c1d5---baboluz.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://tnslib.su/userfiles/files/96160545600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nanodrywash.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b2d1f20e74---27935140246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smart.sut.ac.th/tsme/src/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fapigilef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.saltriot.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/610e3e7aaa85ea9f6ee838cfb8f64898/tumorapulotafemobimufosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qiangka.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/laliropapopusubok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesoriagarpe.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b0169bb55f---jiremojinarumifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stark-tools.ru/images/uploaded/zosuminumufike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teraval.cz/res/file/15995145395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vegasoft.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b26c6f9f485---4799638304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phantasos.org/userfiles/file/7443272253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.demetagras.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075db6de23c8---8821485888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://batdongsandothanh.vn/luutru/files/43651347863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://didula.com/img/file/12023602812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeugdopdewetenschapsagenda.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bf7e7787cb---46692035713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lightofislamonair.org/uploads/files/nifutuzox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lncxjzxxw.com/upload_fck/file/2021-7-13/20210713235616661453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://socialchangefactory.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/277d3a2ade4acdd67ab26e40a2b6cd87/75404825286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccswcd.com/userfiles/file/83649371411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://614move.com/clients/4890/File/87825317091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reparation-mobile.net/userfiles/file/23044499256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phonefixcomo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ec99230f71---tekegegetevawuxotupufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mcenterdk.ru/fck_editor_files/files/xujenixijegab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://z500.si/files/xikigifalejirizelezutagop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=archetype+cards+caroline+myss+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_off0000b05e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB05E 10980 bytes
SHA-256: 1d23c68bfc7b3d0404ac5bcf6d487b4e4ce0717a57101a9e39765536b4c166f6
font_01_sfnt_off0000c9b0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC9B0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e1c2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1C2 13892 bytes
SHA-256: 81db8588bf8a49370c39b21f178e4a08eaa2ed20c002414575db7271d3a2927b