Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 36404c56ca4816d6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.9 KB Created: 2021-07-03 20:48:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 2cb58ea375b5b1ac9a1ed8566c54f1e7 SHA-1: 5d016a192c147982409dc8880d36f02650733870 SHA-256: 36404c56ca4816d6ae7d653550851df0498ca6e4633aa0c7e19b5bc63a963bb0
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document contains a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery through these links. The document's structure suggests it's designed to obscure the true destination of these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9848

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://ivanda-commerce.hr/userfiles/file/53577696285.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://thomasbelldescendants.com/clients/40432/File/62735639823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lookupagency.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160766b7e31a80---nexurupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intrinhgia.com/admin/webroot/upload/image/files/rezuvef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.contal-farmer.com/uploads/files/36253007614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refour.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2b9983363f02ad7a9b7a44fe3db32631/99415900646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amatnieks.lv/pictures/image/77976857152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canevastoilestjean.com/upload/editor/file/63244937074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robertmatzuzi-massagetherapist.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a217f6c77ca---72498390687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.insurancedirectcanada.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9d08e54be0---95187303670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.charityweiss.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070638bddde4---dozibofekas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://championshipsportsrings.com/clients/23492/File/lemorofupozubugexasukokum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bridgesonthepark.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b26978d8de1---27828660426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tomaszfilipczak.pl/userfiles/file/nusipuwinidako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gbeequestriansurfaces.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fvlkupm020n63jng2gn37u4lfm/53255723042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ivepe-elearning.gr/assets/UserFiles/mainHome/file/kipomuxenukuriwaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chicagohalo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608db622d28ac---palanuzijugiribagulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sevinctekstil.com/resimler/files/33398038760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://endustriyelkiralama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uoo6038ukinovbm8g71ccnbq52/tizox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sellos-mecanicos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac733925c5d0d2a0266f83d3871f15cc/82489480863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plusbateria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d77edebfbb4---xufuweloliko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://camberwelltaxi.com/survey/userfiles/files/sanogowagisumolijokeli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://triatlonbizuterie.cz/sites/default/files/file/kudujukurax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://premiumresourcing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ef96babfa9---40278469979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.carlosfunes.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2784726d5c---fapowoxevotulomewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sarujiovalente.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3vj3has9h2ccepv4bdisamm1rd/turezasibafusemukikolalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=memorial+day+2021+meaningPDF 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_off0000f03a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF03A 17444 bytes
SHA-256: 4f9791e8110ac35ba753df4214784d018c9f9f0ec180d20a14935a0090ef87bf
font_01_sfnt_off00011dc1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DC1 10724 bytes
SHA-256: bae81be11aa77584005469d89cede7ca2d8cf54cb9a1adf69db7a48d021144b6
font_02_sfnt_off00013634.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13634 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1