Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 36740da5db8cf944…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.7 KB Created: 2021-09-14 03:46:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 5afd4e8e49aff5115d07fc312768060a SHA-1: 5b4ba150b5606454f1ef96b183a7473d26b900c3 SHA-256: 36740da5db8cf944b2129b4a3a9d6ec56587c4ae27cf43dc3f9c9ecb7312454f
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, including one pointing to a raw IP address and others hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate maliciousness. The presence of embedded JavaScript and the redirection chain suggest an attempt to download and execute a second-stage payload, likely a phishing or trojanized document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

Heuristics 9

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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 https://et-auditing.com/userfiles/files/pitaborulevoxesidajagedu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://albarossa.jp/js/upload/files/59184618302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mastrodibaglio.it/userfiles/files/dosorufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wtmasonry.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70789700646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parc-hotel.info/file/jasotugokawulokatabol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mds-horizons.com/upload/files/41538996776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caramelitos.sk/files/dorifamifezerofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fobh.net/userfiles/files/76196191494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balarampurblock.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42259413479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heninrealty.com/userfiles/files/nunibima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bayernglobal.de/userVZ/file/tunanakominug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://discovercefalu.com/_data/images/file/lesulixosun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kolesnikov.pro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23131709378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://140.121.180.103/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92929017945.pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kdkq4umtggqa4b4mebacc01h5g/15970127559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theflightfest.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613bde13ad73d---99772260295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gat-asset.com/CKEdit/upload/files/51923348561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webkapper.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16526490338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoaisonland.vn/upload/files/xorixoben.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipvoicenj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131d4b8d9f62---ligizet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://munnarinfo.in/userfiles/file/pesebotofagaxukovovupexox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dfwsedan.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/77857534548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://audreyheselmans.com/_files/file/duzebupimusavuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ppogrimall.com/upload/editor_image/file/rasefusefet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nieruchomosciprzetargi.pl/files/file/72735921911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://irastuff.com/admin/ckfinder/uploads/files/pirunukezulivanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=minecraft+guide+book+downloadPDF 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_off0000bb80.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBB80 10892 bytes
SHA-256: 2fa9f3de3c60d38941fac53f4c59438cd12feebb7469cb3c4bd1ce33be17a3c5
font_01_sfnt_off0000d4ab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD4AB 15864 bytes
SHA-256: 18b3576487b4e41bd0f84f4991095d68e5c3e366bb278f9d5b25f0e76d4ee206
font_02_sfnt_off0000fd03.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD03 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1