Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f35cb054a82f9e08…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.9 KB Created: 2021-09-19 17:56:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 825a1e910731855624bc9e59f22af036 SHA-1: e3740a2f0e7506ea3cb1f9d8ec8cd5441501160f SHA-256: f35cb054a82f9e08c5c796f0182157abbb70ed71ba198ba86e3fa50842476765
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. ClamAV and ML classifiers strongly indicate malicious intent, specifically phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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
  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://www.digitalsofts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614024963b3ff---45310750645.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://alyosserspneed.com/userfiles/files/dexumam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cfbadalona.net/ckdata/files/63947956128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://un7un9b3rl1pa7-99.com/contents/files/9936023992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autopsrus.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88954555254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ags-sib.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wolozazabuzubebezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bellina.pl/userfiles/file/21255568413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cargeacrew.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132c18c06db0---13284945745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--interpeas-r6a.es/upload/files/rijisuwuvezagireni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161465c0c2bf9a.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dwitunggaljaya.com/sitefiles/file/5950367343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://balbu.hu/uploads/news/file/38190401250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://albarossa.jp/js/upload/files/wijiduvunemoxemijizibula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thietbiantoanttk.com/uploads/files/60177131006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://velapower.com/glwh/UploadFile/file/2021091408064973499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cobmedia.hu/include/rexin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mehreganimaging.com/images/upload/files/64969732485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thebankcardservice.com/uploads/files/16966735309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shanghaicruiseparty.com/uploads/file/rirabefaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://darkoyunpin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/83788886861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://antoinepanau.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5b63fce7dcfc1575f8f2308a2fda2c74/68420294939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ojchamber.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18030972391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://litho-and-co.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/gekijuromotafemonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wonderpanel.com/app/webroot/img/file/7809903709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://s2ipower.com/survey/userfiles/files/40375466468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=how+was+venice+constructedPDF 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_off0000e2f8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2F8 10560 bytes
SHA-256: 069e864843a6604d07e4e010d8b45eb2df223b62b9227bf191c7c43fadff8f2b
font_01_sfnt_off0000fb39.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB39 17788 bytes
SHA-256: 5653eaa838cca7f52a6747e92371d9fe8c64a1574ea8b59a942667f2e07c6e0f
font_02_sfnt_off00012986.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12986 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1