Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 036b28d5033cd057…

MALICIOUS

PDF

104.5 KB Created: 2021-08-19 23:11:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-17
MD5: a6fa451445384a38a64e188a65ae59ea SHA-1: 244f8b999e49f1f724d5c8dff49ec5e1398c6bee SHA-256: 036b28d5033cd05718382f833042951c7cb1674c2bcc33a9c3abd4546f03e65e
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 distribute malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of external links and the nature of the heuristics point towards a malicious document designed to redirect users to harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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 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://www.gabrielamaciel.net/images/content/file/burosasipavuduxib.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://finsura-lifedirect.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16100c9820f3af---90825046415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dmn.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088f6c23970d---jadobolimimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jrpst.pl/userfiles/file/95963876227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wolfgang-photography.com/userfiles/files/gusubofedepup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robertmatzuzi-massagetherapist.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5834cb9d6d---5668839502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelite.in/userfiles/file/89699589787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fidelishospice.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1483699697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tocgia247.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rd62f5mj59ptepnpdau265tfsl/vugab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bebelino.ru/userfiles/file/xofamapovefofuwupufisit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegioituigiay.net/uploads/files/22935261358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q90ggap1e2vd9k4dhjl9cn3382/28571230660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupomarsamo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa85f897562---vemitupikepexitufali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://resonanceacteurs.nl/userfiles/file/rogolowaxepoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realwebguys.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b03b8b000ec---37874713293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://n2nnetworks.com/files/others/84355138705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alihuata.com/userfiles/file/jukukit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://morganmethod.com/ci/userfiles/files/lipurigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maryamghiasi.com/images/upload/files/65949664838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mdsalon.ru/img/lib/file/19537192264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nousgarage.com/userfiles/file/91139017313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bilagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160746177a6cdd---bebugebupupujutupukukog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkwebdesign.com.hk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be443adbc42---lamidederivapagawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altelaw.com/uploads/image/file/wokelapokovupemavedog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bilagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a259bc85ae1---3513850461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=internal+audio+recorder+apk+for+android+9PDF 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_off000134c6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x134C6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00014cd8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14CD8 17796 bytes
SHA-256: e20076e0bf0f822ef9d35dafa9211b66a85860c5f6fde383dd706ec0baef16ac
font_02_sfnt_off00017bb8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17BB8 10756 bytes
SHA-256: 3507419d84a6b17e2435e74983f99aba9f1ec9268ae54eb2e51ef715daf80c51