Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0b36cbcef7d01bd6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.6 KB Created: 2021-09-14 22:45:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 15d90f2cd730f9eaa171e5753c926c29 SHA-1: 74e2ed72aa82340f92dd16342aff31ce9b0adeb0 SHA-256: 0b36cbcef7d01bd6a95e6657793d22b443dbc93e0ccec42acab170fceb3272de
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting vulnerabilities or delivering malicious content. The presence of multiple external URIs, including links to compromised WordPress upload storage and disposable hosting, strongly suggests a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further confirm its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9944

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://hunglivet.com/uploads/files/202109121257394547.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.sidertest.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fb8205d46c---32986999535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceadersvalet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d87bcb1191---53893080099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sdyh.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fjt421te504i0gb2mgfvurc6s4/lipakideruxutasotugasez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://et-auditing.com/userfiles/files/mijemuruxefojozumew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pelletier-tp.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/walumepinirepoligono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://actlogistic.vn/upload/editor/files/59331364986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.eos.org.eg/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94552885300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://secolink.sk/userfiles/file/wuxaralidonoxevusafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meruzhankhachatryan.com/app/webroot/files/file/96569642300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akilanews.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35111187411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cargeacrew.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f81e29edd2---93708897755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cfacgroup.com/uploads/FCK_files/file/kawarusubazexepukevajexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://galaxytraining.examinationonline.com/files/18686471056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bahceneryaman.net/public/content-images/files/xafigatijiwigos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abctranslink.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mebaroku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kortennis.co.kr/B/ck/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90573045114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-shodnya.ru/upload_picture/file/53866063574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rowsontw.com/shopadmin/upload/files/31803907095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chiaranannini.com/userfiles/files/21798140680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yaqeen-eg.com/userfiles/file/xalibadonigekatipazez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gorisum.net/fckeditor/upload_file/file/21253828546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pavaniautismschools.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k828d9ph9taiioo10q7u3ffqnt/wubalopewetuzamokom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=fake+psn+codes+to+trollPDF link annotation
    • https://grupo.iberia.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vaxapejuxef.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ca0f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA0F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e221.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE221 16844 bytes
SHA-256: 1cc4c3f2026f9a89e45292533aa678c76d26070f2c43f0cd64b47ce52e0744b3
font_02_sfnt_off00010d9f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D9F 17704 bytes
SHA-256: cc7e9369bb8ec0a7375f8766fdaf20d241c286aa54bf684c8ac71874d1f1bc10
font_03_sfnt_off00012852.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12852 10484 bytes
SHA-256: e1bb53086b9e21f5c9422c9b3fab9c89687b6586ed90f1819dcbee6732429349