Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 036f76af28c18cef…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.9 KB Created: 2021-09-06 03:59:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 19650315fcf925b456636c2b2f120d4d SHA-1: 67399a0f282ea46d857f247cd213b74868a820d5 SHA-256: 036f76af28c18ceffcc8f80440243a86f1e6472cba33ef36ff14626ca09c2106
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to redirect users to malicious websites or download further payloads. Several heuristics indicate the PDF is part of a link farm hosted on compromised or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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.areatransfers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d2a123001db---80373234859.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://study-go.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d96708f9578de7ed6c91f6e9c937074/ramezabilajetoxovirefara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.insurancedirectcanada.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611ca8f625f74---74799549599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anup.bo/images/files/numal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carthink.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be3780db8f9---kepodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loskutova.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ce6d96f27085927b06ceb87134673b5/45033565178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sake-tori.com/images/library/File/joxosawugokizojewago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kibbkw.com/uploads/file/5522140584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-aalst.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c741f2468d---fiwonupuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marciasmithconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6fc322c828eb508f78c5122523d2113e/18321856303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegioituigiay.net/uploads/files/55853055052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://interesttour.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/36b0fe1c7292d19806a0d7ce0dab5294/32406598166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.videocopilot.net/assets/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/niwadotuzonitiwolojomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://weifong.tw/fckimages/file/favivikewelejose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studio-rivetti.it/userfiles/files/zotebinesaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://appinaris.net/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/15056514143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ezastupitelstvo.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/vulupajoperavexawejusokep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pezenasenchantee.fr/userfiles/file/novofim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iso-clean.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b348020af95---fubotalegedixititamokof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.taxikladis.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cdd4be10a2---wojabelamijaxezukiguran.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://auto-rujo.com/images-editor/file/65149423108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=general+defences+in+criminal+law+pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://mediacentre.heathrow.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75218061187.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_off0000d5a9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD5A9 10688 bytes
SHA-256: 8e3cddd817c32fbe65f303630358a430257b08ec75d94b158fb8d4b8fdbe7e2d
font_01_sfnt_off0000ee2b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE2B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001063d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1063D 17220 bytes
SHA-256: c06d2d9fb434658f0f4f1bfa7697ba3fd74081dd9b539b8cdfab679589b4564d