Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f335e14cfcf21147…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.3 KB Created: 2021-06-30 12:42:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: b235eb11b3dbe824cdc06ab8cac4c8b5 SHA-1: 28d2d35fb546797c0910f980c665710fe9b187ea SHA-256: f335e14cfcf21147fd4e4808cbe559aec7baf87faaa2d571d3b899b88545b31a
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a common PDF-based lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

Heuristics 7

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://atomiccm.com/userfiles/files/62781922080.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://iescolumbus.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d69f1ea6a21a21dab79029c3cc92f924/topuvajuvegilowuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahdongjiu.com/upload_fck/file/2021-4-28/20210428205600368629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ltanimalpark.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/31857f052246ad149969fe8597401848/tevedurudaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brette-animation.com/userfiles/file/99536484210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://charivne.info/images/file/monaxaremalowakeratasax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://militarynetwork.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080ca3341bf7---76533807613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d08aba2c076---namokojogowaxej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://occahomesearch.com/userfiles/files/somevedafonuvewivezafijuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cargo3030.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2e7c128c08---tusijodedebetijasavep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.verpoort-bouw.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ab1be5fec2---vasibesopazojibidukapege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/25m0qvu3p8fo3bf7ml135choc0/7667379923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chartsunlimited.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608499dcd3494---rezivubidijugig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sarujiovalente.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t5ghntq9rj07fafb1goih8m7mb/23410917140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elitestrategyglobal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/293caf85e89dd1bffa0dfe8cdcb11e20/jewogoxogafufebew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tsssport.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608400249429c---57383894992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kwik-it.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f3db7f2b8a---nabifuzejasomefososorex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://torrentclub.vip/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/umgi1sj7jvnehoidg7agfn9ifj/juwedusuligujorafib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bulk-supplies.com/userfiles/file/sotakemavifovivefizug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d17bb1fd25---15022356211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://norservis.cz/files/files/90535710044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bf-pomosch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eo8ds68e2k3defjpa591l4rqp6/xumokulojabubupugikej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bountyvacation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5c76899f6a---39364081580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=consolidated+meaning+in+kannadaPDF 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_off0000f619.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF619 10612 bytes
SHA-256: fa7fd0b390f7183ccd0a66cc0cc17a7a4e11e99b2bf2604a1b6551c8a4eade46
font_01_sfnt_off00010e21.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E21 18324 bytes
SHA-256: e97578d50dde12b83d65c3f22a1fb231259dcdab0adb91eab14e6c10cc4b030c
font_02_sfnt_off00013dc3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13DC3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1