Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 036f8603581ffdd9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.1 KB Created: 2021-08-28 03:50:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: cbc92d2140951c14d8745cf357a4aaaa SHA-1: c987d96a8c0e82a250bab1a49b8e478ea6386b69 SHA-256: 036f8603581ffdd91917514ed0d7b59d6a21dfb9757b7cacdcb902719207abf4
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a link farm on disposable hosting, and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' confirms links to compromised WordPress uploads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing sites or download further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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://knupress.com/pds/editor/file/37599668231.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://tajesink.com/Uploadfiles/files/40131461098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loskutova.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/90604a7efb1b30c0bf41587b79216fa7/dokotadujotategimakozem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sns.hu/_user/file/sukoruxewin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technoauto.jp/js/upload/files/1892708442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oknoplus-omsk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d2ea71f168dc2ae30e05fc9843e6540/15801656346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artinterior.bg/userfiles/file/94404327798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.firengo.com/userfiles/files/zelunitowasitowasegulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3handseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a93938d28a9---61961558207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlantidegattico.it/file/sonevado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bomtvplus.com/data/board/file/20210511041515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aksaxena.com/bpms/includes/fckeditor_uploads/userfiles/file/78734006637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sciencevier.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fb608791f3---semuvopukaleritulotupux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soalmatematik.com/userfiles/file/bilasawibutusazasezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chortho.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i0ti9p9nb4beigv47hlm6neh3o/75230259506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sherwoodchambergolf.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rirexegipaburazoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cl-metalparts.com/d/files/93769281318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingspec.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qrqmfosqjj1og1bkvebl92c5bk/16826209721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://too.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0eb9db8476a75163f58fc117d5da2cb7/bufagavuzozelejapufejugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teplitsyoptom.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ad5e037b4082dbe2d9803c41ce888ec/53504872362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trackeg.com/en/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160700d95de59b---salewemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rimsball.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50098029358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tecsal.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607912ba81c98---24786569354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=literal+meaning+of+shariahPDF 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_off0000c0c6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC0C6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d8d8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8D8 16432 bytes
SHA-256: 83d55833a3d7ba4cbda8ad3fc0c44af6974a60560cb6bbc67ea80cd5a47dc0ea
font_02_sfnt_off000102f1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102F1 10620 bytes
SHA-256: f16d791e5e7f8f64c9f0d8a32621e0e906aaa220cdcda9f6eabfaf7fbe3c4457