Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 36707ada3af266df…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.7 KB Created: 2021-09-04 15:20:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-02
MD5: 0f5e5eaedaf7a5762d9367835dec01a7 SHA-1: 495f559a56cdced0e6df304766ecf112da1d4289 SHA-256: 36707ada3af266df545477c2471578dc09c41357e493bac54b5a3c4dfa665dd5
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior are consistent with phishing or malware distribution lures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9943

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://thingsantiquesla.com/userfiles/files/xajilonikorijedadarix.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://motoquadro.de/userfiles/file/98190438890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fultoys.com/userfiles/fosipewug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://malimbe.africa/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/10a68e361f38254c866eff622851375e/83784850528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://erinmillssmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5dch8v81hh62j9nk809gmbdld6/42682822838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gionggiacam.gagiongvitgiong.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60334436518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80akij1ajew.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac454d23a83---37177250292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diamondsnspurs.com/clients/12200/File/vizidurixakenuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eminenceconstruction.ca/viking1/uploads/files/85129580573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac6ecb55334---44926137991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/pujugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.budgetskemaet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610c981392782---jenitowenixufazowofajevam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://targhevaticane.it/userfiles/files/fexivunadoxud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yournew.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5v7j26hi2338i30ohnfs9ri943/pujudofefuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://honghow.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wosar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orarestauratorisaf.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089b3515b69d---77687310089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3suntech.com/UploadFile/file/20210820215905383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/op9pvcve0jh9o6tk0idma93v41/31827294713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coatsofarms.com.au/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lufojipiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mtpartnersfl.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ea94ba9136---jidozejalidanutazobojezur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.stamfordtaxis.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rdtan08uj3ubsq7l9lvhc91fk5/sizinejosuzexebovufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6c0600e738---mowofawovunozetopesoxaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://familienarbeit3plus.ch/userfiles/files/mefezefinoregalevudajotad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://puzynowska-kancelaria.com/userfiles/file/62467181472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://414movement.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b2df02a116c889ef196651890ef5dada/levup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=mahalaxmi+calendar+june+2019+pdfPDF 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_off0000c63f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC63F 11288 bytes
SHA-256: ff98aeaca599a04a2a65d2067724fd6cf5facd78101810d4ab4d2f3996cdfe38
font_01_sfnt_off0000e089.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE089 17004 bytes
SHA-256: 173b614225dd745f1e09911470169349d5391740fbbbe00ed274afde22f52d10
font_02_sfnt_off00010cd7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CD7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1