Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 36aa36461a40eb23…

MALICIOUS

PDF

111.7 KB Created: 2021-09-04 05:02:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: bdd3d26eaee245c964957fa1c53e47a4 SHA-1: ee7200454a958b00420fc85c10885c0c594ac707 SHA-256: 36aa36461a40eb233c780b8fc64aa7659159afb29a4e1e4300d963ae9d6d278e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file is identified as a phishing trojan by ClamAV and ML classifiers. It functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external websites, some of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains. The document body is heavily obfuscated and appears to be generated by wkhtmltopdf, lacking clear user-facing content but containing embedded URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Fake invoice / payment lure low SE_INVOICE_LURE
    Document contains invoice or payment language paired with an action verb — useful context when combined with link, macro, or attachment indicators
  • 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://toshiteriyakiburien.com/uploads/files/70817208309.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.virtualaid.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a13f97b994---vogunizozozitus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jirehenl.com/userfiles/file/04094322695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoroman-service.ro/imagini_ws/faxoxowibuvugavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chocoinmobiliario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/37189e2fbbc039553ba1fd962fb95442/5286441425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://didacostruzioni.it/userfiles/file/tijusida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gennarimaq.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dee2e56492a---99622599377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukhatirhomes.com/userfiles/file/vanapafazub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://galsabino.it/userfiles/files/wusalibamijeguvun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3mfa.com/images/editor/files/mukofegimakikenofowidet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clearlakesd.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f9955094739---4125339933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omgdoctors.com/php/billboard/uploads/file/23361543772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pt2-turbo-j3t.com/contents/files/62563441968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worshipedia.mobi/sites/default/files/file/gatulibukon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d1ff0c32984---lijosexela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alexgis.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/41745525509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://profisystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608dbb7e8f018---mivozuwub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tumwebthailand.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kexotafixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bmhs71.com/clients/c/c9/c97ff408e01126d63256cf68004d6641/File/gedojupafejubeleromumak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160eff0d2afc25---44003911610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.drop-lok.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077a9608132d---99758815128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sg-callenberg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611a2f1c46159---21211600283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=frigidaire+dishwasher+manual+en+espa%C3%B1olPDF 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_off000148f0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x148F0 11108 bytes
SHA-256: 640c2835559a328b238524614a3f36018a2bf925b56e18be3ffdd033e673ce15
font_01_sfnt_off00016223.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16223 20176 bytes
SHA-256: 283002bb3c4fe07140a7c603cd6490063b2534827492e07058b02b22fc9b16a5
font_02_sfnt_off0001969d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1969D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1