Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 236d3a8ce5b290a0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.3 KB Created: 2021-07-03 23:55:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: f429a730331a34d8b9bb640c73d73d09 SHA-1: 861db5344b4bc866944f13138cb9be2699384b5d SHA-256: 236d3a8ce5b290a0e34c372f2cbd403c026fdff1b9a266e64b30f00ac5893296
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed for malicious redirection. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the URLs and the heuristic firings point towards a phishing or malware delivery mechanism.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9918

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • 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://chinazzjx.com/d/files/lanurazege.pdf
    • https://amirep.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8cf4ed1535cd631d1ffa6123b526fdc9/78498469440.pdf
    • http://interface-referencement.com/userfiles/file/32023059609.pdf
    • https://biblioteka-koneck.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28567492340.pdf
    • https://yournew.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nkfismgg5g9nb78g4hpsakdulv/50130917926.pdf
    • https://x-software.cz/data/file/zosagofa.pdf
    • http://asesorialuishervas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609540e094670---ritibolabazun.pdf
    • http://www.myhhsi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/574eb6fb86e4d2f041cbd1d8575b1071/15255256326.pdf
    • http://www.kreasoft.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cac10108b2---79132218906.pdf
    • http://heldermusic.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zejuma.pdf
    • https://bikinibody.be/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7m2q3rfb63q7lqeo6r87sq5j8p/55712364945.pdf
    • https://thetitangroup.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ee99c4b891a72152dd41d675f85b81ad/89118689540.pdf
    • http://aaaexpressac.com/userfiles/file/bozozobaxedananib.pdf
    • http://guowangcable.com/d/files/39945722037.pdf
    • http://www.1atlanticfunding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a615f4012fa---paxativokuwesixabokedi.pdf
    • https://www.sahabatkeluargahomecare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070810e7e24c---91176686223.pdf
    • https://www.hagensmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1a2201d0da---51017492787.pdf
    • https://cakenepal.com/userfiles/file/27671960487.pdf
    • https://cashofferoregon.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afeb82b98ea---pizabewudoxonowadigimi.pdf
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/42a66dc1f433bbdbe0a4a7590cfa6fe9/goguzi.pdf
    • https://tungafilm.com/dorceiys/ckfinder/userfiles/files/libizebavokizujaj.pdf
    • http://www.combatsim.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160875df5eefb3---baxazakisarurabinen.pdf
    • http://xn--ob0bjxt9h99icicrvkksa421cwwp7hiv4d6a.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88942312954.pdf
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/adc79418b9ac3bac9b7136d6595b239b/pepafujigotunuvenarapap.pdf
    • https://bilbox.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/63c35770349465b3c5ee060439a88e90/lovinuvaregajitene.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=cottage+cheese+instead+of+ricotta+in+lasagna
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f838.bin
9d5144547e0b729630886a3ad3ce48e7da84b0115899dd9c2390406af6f0fecd
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF838 16092 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010d7d.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D7D 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012594.bin
9bdf0560a554f6e531fe8ba190b17523036af16dafa4375c5f716fa3f610b880
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12594 10784 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off00013e2d.bin
4fe2634d3b60db63bf319102d24b097fbbb32315a2f04f886fa6e2f2090e9a4d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E2D 18184 bytes