Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fd35604c8334d3fb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.8 KB Created: 2021-09-18 01:46:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: c7e6824edf1f21cd669f37c2e257a72b SHA-1: 04deb35a7ae31ea9d3c3d92c5d758545eb6288ef SHA-256: fd35604c8334d3fbf9c8378e408e72826283468a89ad04d39b2604b9aaaa75ba
184 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 CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection to these malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=football+hd+live+match+apk PDF link annotation
    • http://jobsandhi.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/60209290007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://langmoon.jp/js/upload/files/mapas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metabolit.ru/files/file/29087436825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://objets.immoweiss.lu/userfiles/files/notowevirowixusizovevoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://centrumschoolka.pl/photos/file/kegetumagawefidas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tonygssoulfood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/432e92d5063c448aea4b365ce81e6c41/2339115280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vayamcs.com/content_files/files/numudoxifafutubojasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.xn----9sbkvfu2aex3d.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gaxidavubetiromotuxik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://westcoastmovers.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/av8n8089c3pecsn08qgaa9p7bj/bokuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingswaytyres.com/project/kingsway/uploads/file/85328725092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ltmetal.com/userfiles/files/fajalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fivetc.net/uploads/files/matexidumabukefikezavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stockholmswingallstars.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ce3dd27e64---fujafudikexupikofiradaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marketypik.pl/zdjecia/fck/file/24227992535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://badischer-kunstverein.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vavosaxafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salamino.pl/userfiles/file/50718489365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viboot.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vuzapujatosuviru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epoxidice.ro/mm/file/wotujus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.commandinglife.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161349419907c8---jewawesorezeboris.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dalba.net/other_files/File/wotexufekewaxobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeusjtu.pretty-match.com/upload/files/28187872704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://back2wood.de/userfiles/file/45357394244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cristiandellavedova.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b56bc80c88ddc28ac4743087a69afc74/51398425948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000d3cc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD3CC 10680 bytes
SHA-256: 3431d6b873b06bed227643b3a786600818a63a15c328655ee011bb7daee37ef1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ec0f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC0F 17712 bytes
SHA-256: d97da2cffa0b53ce8fad958cfe747f5dd865e844929c3186dc7a0b7e245359ad
font_02_sfnt_off000119a1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119A1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1