Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 236139715f71b5d3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.3 KB Created: 2021-08-11 01:54:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: daed31f1b3a565689966db28317b8b59 SHA-1: 9cf2c832940c97b3f99e903d9a438fea45f3f946 SHA-256: 236139715f71b5d3d69e2b17c1688b0d65e30b12e9de44a7d117a6cdbd4f0f18
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute a payload. The heuristic 'SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE' indicates the document likely provides instructions to decrypt a password-protected archive, a common tactic to bypass security scanners. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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.
  • 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://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=8th+grade+topographic+map+worksheet+answer+key PDF link annotation
    • http://papaicountrylodge-longstay.com/user_img/files/zukabem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edoxmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c3c5iiueu7stbcm4mhse3hh0vm/bigufovufisikiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://camile.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ugc8ik7o8go169gad438hg7lf/8627335750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://likeevent.it/writable/public/userfiles/file/55013770451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://piuspvc.it/userfiles/file/vepowavukenizudoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.parkgest.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7e5df31944---51348727372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.louthadventures.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6fcb684755---43511793878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://almar-bus.pl/userfiles/file/netanufiwoxagekojosid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://animalscipublisher.com/files/upfiles/file/14305132535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mouaumfb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6429aa4e4c---73181569895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://copperscraphandlers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95003292849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://52fantasies.com/home/holly/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tenikobonaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://howardsteeves.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f45e8c3acc8d79c478d0c6f513a0b32f/45501730925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://christembassydocklands.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/29e944b1609b47f8672ea0933156d713/fubatuwemiliwivabedofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikbursa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f20783fa8a---tofikomebubuzotub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crescentcarpets.com/userfiles/file/80531634263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tehnol.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074f94a0961d---50941951830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5n1l9skdnjos7gvdflo1bhrst3/garezazovugajukipugupim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suncitygroup.ir/basefile/suncitygroupir/files/kuxesodobedal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pq8v6286d9hni3kla83ld6u7v1/41894616229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fobh.net/userfiles/files/sanexukowuxolenefixike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ogcdc.org/uploads/ck_upload/files/45208764069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076ecda281ac---67593803410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.schroedersales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/360d13d80a80f8838a8137782325360b/wovexub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.officinadelgustoroma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a52a7617568f094e43e1c58d530a128d/jisutukar.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_off0000cd1d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD1D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e52f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE52F 16720 bytes
SHA-256: 33ffaa54507dc18123a749b6fc63a0102477c046ed21c34ea3d8d1372aab4590
font_02_sfnt_off000110d6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110D6 11320 bytes
SHA-256: 76e89231c5cc0390a7b5bf605d177e3dfb34cb12a4253b42e39585c1013884e0