Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 36a90847f02e22cc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

101.7 KB Created: 2021-08-25 07:38:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: 30314e9ec387076d0b877137297aa4dd SHA-1: 3f2cd02641e9b12e4ab175ef1155a99b1ebd0ada SHA-256: 36a90847f02e22ccf6fb21bd6742d6f7b85b863702a35a801b5355586daaea1f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to compromised websites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs point towards a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9971

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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=patriarchal+cathedral+basilica+of+saint+mark PDF link annotation
    • http://mattstergamer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a2sccalpf52r4c0gg4ojtkljh/kezares.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advance-pack.com/editor_upload/file/4061257253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.officinadelgustoroma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4d250571eafe3a5cb56bcac71ec1ebea/ribupelowolajinovuduxadom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.meglobalinc.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160827fc61e1bb---vosolagerafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alrabbanoilandgas.com/file/files/12743647620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tks-forever.com/upload/2021/06/30/file/dogabiwanebesumarolopekiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpanelektrik.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/lusaxunuxojuzejufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldenparadisestsimons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/567c920cbb8a5f247b2ffc9dc1f218b3/59855717786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nic-irq.com/userfiles/files/xuketuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.reroofingbrisbaneqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094601b60d64---satolilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hantverksakuten.se/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bowewabisiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e029e9ee62---pelixixugajixut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://puisan.ru/uploads/file/76363759065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://boldvision.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161166457d6e49---69752899418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pilotcenter.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q1jb32o6svsfers8cp23jb3ksf/14593916000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fsnn.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb3a03408dd---kidom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.molinoag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072bf84bc64b---65009913423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pepinieres-gey.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zozolavagagutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fvv-hohenfelde.de/sites/default/files/files/wipodalafasupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.acefence.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086ac8d3bd33---dolezogijomoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vankouwenenmastop.nl/UserFiles/file/povojujowonuzolovuzadafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worldcar.jp/userfiles/files/fatikuzakokiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lokalesichtbarkeit.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/epije8hvg4cbdh6tjstf8onbs4/jotida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k9-warrior.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ptl2d166hpu22jqgv36ouhir9g/vozedolunik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.inter-tube.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/39fe97689942e8903d4b5118593e47dd/rinite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0001295e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1295E 17096 bytes
SHA-256: 164b60d73886837e4726e96204c8032d392dc489c8d976f8b6458cdf4d3ea219
font_01_sfnt_off0001560e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1560E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00016e25.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16E25 10972 bytes
SHA-256: 82a8685c6a5ec16b9f49e887d8730de752583af7d4d6c8d023a639d71110e094