Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 036da531fe955123…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.5 KB Created: 2021-09-09 14:36:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: b7f69b670059af648f6ef3c9b310a707 SHA-1: fabbf05b2d7b234ca4160a50c210d2a538acc6e2 SHA-256: 036da531fe9551238920364798fef959bd0fbd3081d1f82b7e29e2fd44be0618
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or redirecting users. Several heuristics indicate the presence of link farms and compromised upload storage, suggesting an attempt to host malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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 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 http://cissi.it/userfiles/files/10905352617.pdf
    • https://ukmriptek.org/codeIgniter-hmvc/userfiles/files/418474671.pdf
    • https://southafricapools.com/contents/files/lumikeze.pdf
    • https://247christianity.org/fckeditor/userfiles/file/fomigigebawawaxuruzobuwew1631098843.pdf
    • http://dreamwith.gni.kr/ckupload/files/gotuzelogapagozowatawigod.pdf
    • https://www.elektrobetrieb-scholz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131658c20521---32242907073.pdf
    • http://jeugdopdewetenschapsagenda.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132842de99ed---74801623372.pdf
    • http://nayyaralidada.com/alpha/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kolej.pdf
    • http://allseasonsart.com/uploads/fck_uploads/file/kewatezozikejufidew.pdf
    • http://www.sbawerribee.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138b94d7e206---fuveritonogit.pdf
    • http://vuason.vn/upload/files/faxumoragibag.pdf
    • http://files.ibiza-ferien.de/file/70586135644.pdf
    • https://benhgout.net/uploads/Files/file/golomikudijemob.pdf
    • http://steelfurniturecn.com/d/files/2715540093.pdf
    • https://www.bluegreenshouseboats.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134d67516052---risusoxefipuduxejavix.pdf
    • https://peisheng.org/uploads/ckfiles/files/6138eb730a942.pdf
    • http://ikhmongol.mn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vutifarutekolasadik.pdf
    • http://wecans.net/_UploadFile/Images/file/tuxuge.pdf
    • http://idealthailand.com/file_media/file_image/file/lapak.pdf
    • http://bandbaajabarat.com/ci/userfiles/files/vapesiresufiwal.pdf
    • https://al-farh-iq.com/upload/userfiles/file/povetafegawuxuper.pdf
    • http://dominant.name/userfiles/file/gogumirefuraloxis.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=android+studio+benefits
    • https://grupo.iberia.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nubijalokumupoguvoxog.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000cf36.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCF36 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000e74d.bin
2cecc6bb73a5812825878c672045d12dd5eeea6ebfd600f269b08ad12c0d6246
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE74D 10360 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000fed9.bin
ade137639d4af5187dc6d10198ee572e727c0bb0fdaf4ceeda78dafab7e98c76
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFED9 17696 bytes