Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 36761b5288b12c1a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.3 KB Created: 2021-09-07 06:36:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: e33c7328c591345b533a5d4b4194d07f SHA-1: 6a97c9ecae82b70551a40da44bd2955f955a2fbc SHA-256: 36761b5288b12c1aa1d370bf2a809afa76128235ee0575022e00d6027d3d1f81
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. The PDF also features a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final destination and evade detection. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • 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://envomask.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/deec0de10d357bb57de53fded2fd5728/xiwobataba.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://3dreamstudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/15e711ac8f8300552ca174aa15ea7adc/faxulujuvapitumali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldenstarhotel.vn/images/uploads/files/zawafemufifikujawojanob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ivepe-elearning.gr/assets/UserFiles/mainHome/file/86031140035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qiuyutv.com/userfiles/files/20210702053653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fontanarosaserigrafia.it/userfiles/file/jutuladevade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cathyourhair.nl/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nitelosafuwawebomosik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuacongtudongbinhduong.com/upload/files/52721497245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diamantina-joaillerie.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96760444615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homeaestheticsllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6242445079b0e1d683dfd78ac0de94fd/zepuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercato.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3625cb2a6c---73945126436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myjacksonfamilyreunion.com/clients/e/e2/e2167ce47089e9b789d53270b7cccc99/File/85484052083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hi-reid-solutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f89ce319d6723900b9dad8266f71382/33397761167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e1ef24eeb17bb362363d922ca513ec1/72994134303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://industra.sk/userfiles/file/menixaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mosvag.ru/img/lib/file/77545642902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tonygssoulfood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e65ae1c9747e76c39071283603fddfb/8629272383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://houstoncoinshow.org/FCKeditor/file/4062060982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stvorki.ru/files/file/66997181666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gaziemirkentkonseyi.com/upload/files/8882029511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.travelticket.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/un1en7lvic2p3iatj0u3fdr9pk/83948847507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motodubai.com/uploaded_images/files/debakejafukobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majoriscambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbfbc950d31---zonefoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=mpp+solar+hybrid+inverter+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_off0000bba5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBBA5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d3bc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD3BC 10908 bytes
SHA-256: 658e94c83c838e6f946aff35f4e1dbbc5a9ce9f150e227b099a552305a5237f3
font_02_sfnt_off0000ecba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECBA 17944 bytes
SHA-256: 9a4374399f2ba7f22c710d7e4f8eadf05d6345553fcb2b9f1a9c880b645cab00