Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0436f6b6e55ed4b0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.6 KB Created: 2021-09-15 08:30:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 64572fc434d68296a582aedf3a36603d SHA-1: dec75a15ac72a44163f233e7570f9e41e2abe896 SHA-256: 0436f6b6e55ed4b04b526c73f38a22137467b34e3f007a00b6fd9f4bc5acaa63
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, with several heuristics indicating a link farm hosted on potentially compromised or disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for executing malicious code or redirecting users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9888

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://thaibamboorestaurant.ca/phpsites/bard_ford/uploads/file/benosuvo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://hutnia.pl/userfiles/file/80684021375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://confidence-ist.mktechsol.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gozokatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wsm.hk/images/uploadfiles/file/fuvegogedesezurosaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jorkurojus.com/userfiles/file/sarawesazokuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nessium.fr/userfiles/file/vapinivige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alzubidi.com/userfiles/files/depijulaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://engineersclasses4competition.com/files/others/83636322542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bibrka-school.org.ua/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91655477922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imhang.com/fckeditor/userfiles/image/bubotekigaginixojag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://btfa.tw/upload/files/12352720962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readxyz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e02653a5aa54a131fe96d92cce943c6b/51642597498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nationalcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131be900f6aa---75752478395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mmbassisiprovince.in/files/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39272944612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cornerstonelaw.eu/userfiles/file/16882544330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hsegroup.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u5iq1vup7jo6eibh9nt44igmd2/zenomizuxejuxivuxekogate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altelaw.com/uploads/image/file/fapalozazezabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cartolmania.it/file/linozegawetogonolesam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eyela.kr/uploadfile/fckeditor/file/13036922941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lisacutler.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161402a8167777---77037964843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.auditsi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ea492767e9---92974362062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://study4student.com/cache/fck_files/file/jufetopefanojesozake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cian.hr/userfiles/file/tukonijavuzulogevoxagunox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://latiendasegura.com/contable_prueba/userfiles/file/5127830252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://livelyway.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/maboravija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canadianartistic.com/userfiles/file/68920871613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=export+pdf+with+video+indesignPDF 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_off00010781.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10781 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011f93.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F93 18452 bytes
SHA-256: d8b831b0007e18e290cf5950cab12f0b6bd5d45ab986e735d0efd4e6bb456375
font_02_sfnt_off00014fc4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14FC4 10808 bytes
SHA-256: 8fc19c1993940c589d7ac5a285578f69e4952bc13a7f2e8ef651a65e3deaf8b4