Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d35f99b42cba27b8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.9 KB Created: 2021-07-25 07:04:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: d239c6bd8d16e417ebbadac491c27468 SHA-1: 1d073c5b976d2b1b7015d92bfc4abcfd956a1103 SHA-256: d35f99b42cba27b853090fe2d81fc525d720830cb9395f8c158593d7edcedcc6
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. These URLs are likely intended to lure users into clicking them, potentially leading to further malicious content or exploitation. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, consistent with a phishing or redirection scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9984

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 http://www.benvenutialmare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160705ab0e2262---27125129741.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://boulderdivorcelaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f9be52cf4dc---vukadiratosedenifotiguxez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hotel-margherita.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082f0bb76ada---milereg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hafa-verein.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4636025ecb1d48e8a86783766295e952/65823446538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://erinmillssmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/drod11jhdrdmg6d3s52nclvun0/23499298397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.stamfordtaxis.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/stguqvvj8c5s12j3ruq0uc5h8g/juluweregune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--l3cbpp3gh4a5g5c.com/userfiles/files/87491600467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-sportis.com/images/upload/xuzejagagaxavixomona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comesa.com.pe/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2t5pum2oghs7dlt45oc4tbfql0/kibipizugipokizizate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kalirich.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9lescu61e553b72du1m911kf36/gidosovore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autothudo.vn/upload/fck/file/bobujokonagivewizida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remaining-mc.de/userfiles/file/gemux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://calisnt.com/uploads/files/26700745865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wakingbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608570c800528---butudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miamiwars.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/601a984aa610531581c19ff92f97926c/12897362344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esoftland.com/userfiles/file/sozop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mcleod-bobbitt.com/clients/64742/File/61100141316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://championsforchildren.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ca65f84767f8d631fbaaae27bb207715/gajuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://c4ir.ae/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ejo14uhvba2j71qf97l7718l21/vawota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://festival.bg/fckeditorfiles/file/37932940640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ballestermultiservicios.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074b10dc6b54---98676716280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studiogreenwich.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1f5bf6765223f32af5b1eeddec7f59dd/goregexofafoxidagenuzomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eurouniversal.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97156528423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reflexlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6582378b4a546bfd71dbdf7a9ed0402f/dusaparomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=convertir+pulgadas+a+mm+onlinePDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e4a2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4A2 10932 bytes
SHA-256: 22f5e0419870af40e87c3e3a350e512e186a686585c0d02b0cfc4ad70cf87b59
font_01_sfnt_off0000fdca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDCA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000115d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x115D7 1696 bytes
SHA-256: 18d4e792ecce3f905fa2ab451ccfd49c5848bf831e68a40b7d1f99915d932e98
font_03_sfnt_off00011dea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DEA 17672 bytes
SHA-256: 4baf95ed32c860e7c71f15e022fa79185cd23decbd843e0508687c6e1994e4f7