Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 36327a7b913783c0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.2 KB Created: 2021-09-01 04:18:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: d1187b687a518f29c152639daadbe48a SHA-1: 0b1bfaece7389d5105c00809f64e91efae85a427 SHA-256: 36327a7b913783c054a772c2d76c3ec4e02d7bf699be12b609e2cd3f5768b64f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is a PDF that exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with multiple URLs pointing to compromised CMS uploads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns suggest it's designed to redirect users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 https://www.sharpeningfactory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c864e0e7d0---lezurugurinebube.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://orthodoxvaidikasanghom.org/userfiles/file/ropaked.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jgmurphy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c57a8b0fdba9f09d3d9f81fb392e8dd2/bitomik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.scsi.coop/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fd8d5cc493f4df71b78188565136b07c/4607783392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diphong.com/uploads/rijoxodolevexupuziv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.viksexteriors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fdf5b180ee---gitijowizepefoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rajaunited.com/contents//files/vibekorikupitura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villa-carlshorst.de/sites/default/files/file/8721596409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toshiba-center.ru/uploads/files/jovat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alibabaoman.com/basefile/alibabaomancom/files/50578381677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noks.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097571856c3b---desoguxajopusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ineke-ott.nl/keramiek-beelden-imagesfile/79741308597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smithmurdock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b98a394d1b3---25015369366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://monkey-do.net/userfiles/file/37369705571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zav-mito.si/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a61cd8dda37---93901616488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://busankid.com/webfiles/board/file///59256278351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tourbusan.net/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210626_CE84DEC0FE6F9125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cullinanconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/arstvjn7l0m9a344j98tkspor0/dezolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn-----6kcabagcgfjsxjciriy6alkh6a7aqk.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5e732630c4fc04fa36a681efb8892820/78259037113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://outspokenholland.com/userfiles/fckFile/20210805101817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://c2ctrading.org/cms_upload/files/sifavoriduri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7bbd172653---zawerakexawapezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reklama-v-sochi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jituf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beachesbrewing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aba8892a2b91c99a8af59fc17ad571be/92519120356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cameradungphat.com/uploads/files/77336239440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=acer+x223hq+manualPDF 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_off0000d89b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD89B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f0ad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0AD 19688 bytes
SHA-256: b8a48e37c30ac4862f8cceca5452fe147423f15ccf804946245287687e0ea8e8
font_02_sfnt_off000122ea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122EA 10640 bytes
SHA-256: a03abb555b8d92e9905f50f67c5ae193860c0e12d7280d640b847c86a875d2eb