Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 236cb623dc13c1e2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

126.9 KB Created: 2021-07-27 16:32:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: a122595479ea11007c72c0999d8d6885 SHA-1: c1e3c1e079a59865e5a7d6590130a13538478c1a SHA-256: 236cb623dc13c1e2bcff61e0ed2eba53b2cc59d46094be8d2ca4b6973668b594
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a large number of embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates that the PDF is designed as a link farm on disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9907

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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 http://in-dapt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba221216f81---29550936477.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://karthikeyanjayaram.com/userfiles/file/bukafesolevokus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oklogistic.lv/upload/file/lativamido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://s8radziejowice-paszkow.pl/userfiles/file/bedokokojakavukujagoxukid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kudamatsu.org/userfiles/file/bewava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yonseri.org/userfiles/files/82738949441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uptownfallschurch.com/uploads/files/62446842854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maskaevlawyer.ru/userfiles/file/sisuxegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apsara.ru/userfiles/file/44332268680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stsaischoolamritsar.com/slbdavbatala/userfiles/file/75879453675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://automozg.by/upload/editor/files/43186112398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chocoinmobiliario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f16d5c303f4bf8b034079ae63953671/pagodudepigum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sistersaviopublicschool.com/userfiles/file/26922928974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cedarcreeksauce.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/42d35c66e49fcb192a015b415a6038a2/zilusal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shinyjewellers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3knivfub5ctf8l0kh470l920uu/61562632457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trans-serwis.com/userfiles/file/nojolew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dazzlin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8422ea755750316e98f06776211ac906/kukewerevovolarazunavawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gamletaarnhuset.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160743d6c156df---19480256343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nfrostov.ru/upload/files/75485181561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://charterfori.ir/basefile/charterforiir/files/33229601259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://the-bom.kr/upfile/files/dunim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://socialbomjesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077d0325abb9---84546056954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longarmquiltacademy.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/sewesogokusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jonmechina.com/ckupload/files/93550942005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thepetrichortouch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hetfbvcjj64g7gqlfuvdg8o6r2/11606171482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.naturapreserved.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160969d00e75cd---wizew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=ib+chemistry+books+pdfPDF 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_off000185b9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x185B9 20076 bytes
SHA-256: a8e66828d0ce61ddba7399424282b4947e97da30add5e92199e13b596ae2a44e
font_01_sfnt_off0001bbd0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1BBD0 10872 bytes
SHA-256: e6a1e10545316107b69b20ca19b4b2b90030286342c0f47fb6256b1f1e0768d0
font_02_sfnt_off0001d4c3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1D4C3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1