Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0b36b9d9a322355f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.3 KB Created: 2021-06-29 06:15:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: c826da8e96052c86620da14359ade545 SHA-1: e4f71ecd7707ee5e2f410bd48613261b691cff3b SHA-256: 0b36b9d9a322355f81845678e111cb6f4d6263a30f0512294cf9c63d3360eff0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous external links, many hosted on compromised or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a lure-based attack pattern. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior are consistent with phishing or trojan delivery mechanisms.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=pdf+android+apk+download PDF link annotation
    • http://osullivanspressurewashing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bd28039b74---78733799917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://businessservicesuk.com/userfiles/file/24291783217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicacomciencia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087ac7f30456---betutolutazilegazakam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arci-mp.fr/admin/File/89169404264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--1--8kcai1ck2bs.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ea08689a291cf5541eb45fcfc8168fe/26447470212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://infrastone.com/userfiles/files/8301939906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thesmithgrouphouston.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/94ee9918735aca095a13ef7d2157ec3f/lorokixusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipvoicenj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b555ebc739---forufuwenidegosafasodake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gf-location.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080059c98cf8---kazavikotuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://franklcalabreseattorney.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/sipewonabosamoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pinpointfeedtech.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rikukasomukateju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://krimgranit.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1e34f9c1ca413c719404439f1b16ea3e/3777642267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuifan.com/upload_fck/file/2021-4-30/20210430002303516831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fotofolliasanlazzaro.it/userfiles/files/suvuzijegubagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamesirvinewedding.com/clients/f/f9/f947a18657f5d77a8fcd192ffd4ccf25/File/94821724620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ciabrini-immobilier.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fhada71c4tuqhehgjm95rdr46n/13916604804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akcompany.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/73174953480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kidnuri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160722ac17d3bc---gupox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epoxidice.ro/mm/file/mitukupusisesizagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olimpic.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lofalax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://compie.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081e9ac5ba60---61224391692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.enterpriselighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f96232a0168f4bd4f2c8017325e837e1/15696687455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thepokeluau.com/uploads/files/pexoputegavifudebadoros.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gresathouse.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b9b702b3c5aa23b72e8559533882f983/61093338214.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_off0000e816.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE816 17196 bytes
SHA-256: 19c15f2e3e37747cebced91c02116a4ab1d016b9c5cb598a9a22ac802ab536da
font_01_sfnt_off000114d5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114D5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012cec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12CEC 10272 bytes
SHA-256: 8510c4ed16ca72ba8560ffbc14ea7a86c0c8abff3f20d5012adf1f6c9ed3a11d