Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 136c628bb0daee2c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.9 KB Created: 2021-09-04 18:21:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 2c635b28add0903f86afa5fe40c2837f SHA-1: f6bdaeb724ac52bb6af6a100cbdeab5e3e8acb62 SHA-256: 136c628bb0daee2cad72f51e36ded96f6b6dd88e82d620c3de4372043602ccf3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. The heuristic PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM indicates the document is a link farm designed to direct users to external sites. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further malicious activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=avishai+margalit+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://yas-center.ru/userfiles/file/73107134123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aranykoronakft.hu/userfiles/file/xupozigoginudetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kindytennis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2508fb2358---27567277187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://colegiosantarosa.com/uploads/imagem/file/25039346835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.heracles-hotel.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/agi1fvmmep0gcfkg6pfcemja01/rulojulojapanil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvgrup.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8ef7a8de26---56601444205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084a0733c099---maviwujoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binarbaidtrading.com/public_html/userfiles/file/malazumakukivodaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://turinhotelcompany.com/userfiles/files/bixotag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaexpansionjoint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160752766107c9---45791033530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.apollopowersystems.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/429f8b05ac750266031fbe8ba70c439b/xuwupid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://waltwhitmanclassof1965.com/clients/c/cc/ccbfa8a87e297cd67510599b8aebcb74/File/9289110492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.olympusnorge.no/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dqlp0fsf7joilcuqqjgd3idsqf/lisibuxafitosukalif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bikinibody.be/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ovel1cscl4hh1f5j6fumt00de/81079251518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nktrading.qa/file/files/xafizakafubekokimizezora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mondzorgvesa-voorschoten.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087da723b014---wasifasezotuxagezibikela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://docando.es/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lorowepumuwaxafamipifigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hhtaitung.com/CKEdit/upload/files/8552033118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eandjfamilyhealthcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a97b9d55766b1654ed7663203511631b/nagiduwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhythmcprandfirstaid.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/abc227ba0b767f8fc738bd977efeaa9b/18112478720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nicenpos.com/userData/board/file/dukutev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://salvatoredivilio.it/userfiles/file/42845011427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://archcosmeticstudio.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0151e3aefa799fa3b0249edcfef937fc/nerajumodute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phantasos.org/userfiles/file/81717503977.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_off0000b7a1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB7A1 16780 bytes
SHA-256: 241ae9f91db2ea16c1f4c9ab184956207b80b6acf165bf9327ddaeed35d58c9a
font_01_sfnt_off0000e20b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE20B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000fa22.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA22 10636 bytes
SHA-256: 82d21561eb7bcf3e1de9942384cac359cbe1bc21b9b9168f5c5f3fa1bb9828e9