Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 36391a9b8dcbe13e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.1 KB Created: 2021-09-20 01:03:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 38dd64b9dc45db9533697c26f08ee30e SHA-1: 583645fdad3126b9f4a6f3f10049b4e3e67b2355 SHA-256: 36391a9b8dcbe13e9695e3d5223da730f53973a13a25b861dec10af7760fc245
252 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF document was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious. It contains multiple heuristics indicating a link farm and a lure to execute commands via copy-pasting into a shell. The document also provides password instructions for an archive, suggesting it's designed to bypass gateway scanning and deliver a second-stage payload. The embedded URLs likely host this payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

Heuristics 10

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Clipboard command execution lure high SE_CLIPBOARD_COMMAND_LURE
    Document tells the user to copy or paste clipboard content into Run, PowerShell, cmd, or another shell-like execution context
  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=photoshop+2015+torrent PDF link annotation
    • http://schodylux.pl/userfiles/file/dulajafelabupituzonum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cuisinescartier.ca/upload/editor/file/ralopewujefowix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.annaleehuber.com/content_files/file/23534955947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gresathouse.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f9be3b1a399d0f2e3abb8e5cba85e1ff/46328801953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peretprod.ro/content-images/file/xugomujumedukenojuxitij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eccdc.org/application/webroot/userfiles/file/veniwosexudizof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lisahyatthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141f2e3010e4---jupixujugorejorukiziri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cokhixnktientien.com/Images_upload/files/98683080835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aa-nusd.jp/dudonibufufajewudufetode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dongamold.com/fckeditor/upload_files/file/wixujegor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rayhovietnam.vn/upload/files/83488339747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.platformliften.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b86d03f435---73992263348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parisnordmedical.fr/docs/file/witugeguwovunijevixibavab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plagij.at/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68237268529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiolorenzino.eu/userfiles/files/1416027921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://netcsemege.elelmiszer-hazhozszallitas.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41547225019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nergizleryapi.com/image/files/bilepulirokukumepig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taichielite.com/louis/taichi/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81973448592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maloneslandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16147aac6dbcf0---xodunemerukokatoteto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://picassogift.com/Uploadfiles/files/54540883293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mamap.in/ci/userfiles/files/fofajolekijasebonema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vasset.bg/userfiles/file/8953696331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abworder.com/uploads/files/79763047516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crossfit28.com.s125853.gridserver.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/72804001689.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_off0000dc40.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC40 10476 bytes
SHA-256: eae0048669f2ca56aa6f4397f3271d94e19761a7b94ca409f82651c3e0a8e241
font_01_sfnt_off0000f423.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF423 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010c35.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C35 18112 bytes
SHA-256: 4dbaf752a3910103a369f5476716ace44254334e4a72c7059fd7a18f1e28dfc5