Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 36103b752db53201…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.8 KB Created: 2021-09-15 06:46:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 040cab3c8aeebddd98d070615120675a SHA-1: 8fab0943b1a34044f44d0560b5c7e3de358f5c1e SHA-256: 36103b752db5320153161f24010fcff3d72340ae8dced8d403c4ab133a109748
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates the document is designed as a link farm, likely to direct users to malicious content or phishing sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9915

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
  • 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 http://iiiemjobs.com/FCK_Editor_Images/files/jivufijumubasimolado.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://noble-program.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tapigafatofuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uro-medical.pl/zdjecia/fotki/file/zomotomufefurelesufid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geoman.cz/data/file/11961419868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chsins.tw/uploads/files/202109130316171500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stakeoutllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2d8bdf298ed3620ccc105056b3fb74a2/1058613995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotelpenza58.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11145965307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uforoi.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/59869468779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tythb.com/uploadfile/files/91948756137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ikhmongol.mn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wixaribolovotibewimevupax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhakhoasaigonkimcuong.com/uploads/images/files/48660128479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://macleanpinesdrivingschool.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eeb69bb221b0f93338c959aa8165bcd0/64793050343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kolesnikov.pro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/waweso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goez3.com/10005001208290177/ckfinder/userfiles/files/teluwusowuzifezusipon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bangdientunhk.com/upload/files/vimofij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ksi-system.pl/editorfiles/file/vusazorenenuvajovogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smilaxlabs.com/userfiles/files/xegivezuditu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://infrapanel-alegjobbfutes.hu/userfiles/file/76881360100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harc-ias.vn/Images_upload/files/79669087080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lisahyatthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135f401baf6d---rimasuguzazirezipomakupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greenbrier101.com/userimages/33076315731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jiin-torng.com/uploadfiles/20210914024958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radio-kum.si/data/files/39108134707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://highfieldhousehotel.net/nbloom/fckuploads/file/vodewarotaximefaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olympicburger1988.com/uploads/files/6602127060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tbff-bygg.se/img/files/jojefogezuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=get+recently+deleted+pictures+androidPDF 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_off0000b98b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB98B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d19d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD19D 16732 bytes
SHA-256: e82843298259e33f1c8c80d6c2003c34a823ce1229308beb1314ee29a67d782a
font_02_sfnt_off0000fc4a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC4A 10760 bytes
SHA-256: b5126b9fc942e35c47d25a512d15103cbdea22b3ec7b7cae47cae6ecd5af07ef