Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 36796c7fa9be1895…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.8 KB Created: 2021-08-31 04:43:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 2ceeb786ebbbc367ef219ec2f1e19c58 SHA-1: d8861b52ef8bcf27d672354d4ba63a0b5581142d SHA-256: 36796c7fa9be18956863430396bb75ef15bb5efea457d96202a966ddf0c08dde
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate maliciousness. The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, a common tactic for hosting phishing pages or distributing further malware. The document body is heavily obfuscated and appears to be generated by wkhtmltopdf, suggesting it's not intended for direct user interaction but rather as a container for malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9957

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://criteriacambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b57gioq65r9c12s56g6d02rkkh/xitivumejukizibenetevimog.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://kwik-it.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d9ffb3960e0---riribosudolepak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sl1971.com/clients/5/51/517263f0417f9379c67e6eba0e0bdfe8/File/nexusokomawogegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lashmakerpro.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jkea0h0s250q2r51l3cnktkcl0/30649439149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ohsclassof73.com/clients/9/9a/9a21b0b253f7c4eafe662346d237c286/File/19249782319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeskulap24h.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16107d2b7a0bbe---40288282187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polyalpan.hu/_user/file/jewim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://metroguards.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071b6ecaf529---sanejopejepemoxamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gocreate.termall.pl/upload/fck/file/senugagorememi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gewald.ru/content/Files/90581533360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yljx.cn/images/upload/File/piresonozebavudab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.larche-de-jules.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64540964918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bellevuecommunityfoodbank.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e79c23c088dc6b38101df62e341e8d0d/furoroxazuzukibep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecogestval.com/userfiles/file/55534356474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tiga.co.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fadunek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://messianic.live/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/55f4ce43cf914cef59ad7ba5d2f02cfd/bituweputane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--989ap7r0xbd5x.com/upload/fckeditor/file/tolezurola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.geosuiteonline.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161151e5a28fc5---51432784244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frontiermea.com/sites/all/libraries/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49168346864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://valserve.in/web/k/main_admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90806083906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sgyscom.com/upload_fck/file/2021-7-30/20210730020224799864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tubietelbar.hu/uploadfile/xajifefivujesulenegowazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://terlickodds.cz/www/www/fckphotos/file/22484463144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lyzebrno.cz/userfiles/file/87107890827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dom-nenilovo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/356ffe6a51a421e6bd00d3ee0c3981e7/65388553671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gametimecatering.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0e6af70ac6---runugatutakibamodiwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=recurring+scab+in+earPDF 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_off0000ec1e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC1E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010435.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10435 10424 bytes
SHA-256: 6ff42b4b9bbad1c40c33c84a9b3830ace2d68ea95c35ae85eaee998ae4068305
font_02_sfnt_off00011bec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11BEC 18484 bytes
SHA-256: b8c4ae9e641c8fc3ed464b908a3d93eb174c951c0379ca723f68b9748cb57b8d