Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 36b0aa3b8fe9ae7f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.4 KB Created: 2021-08-25 12:10:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-02
MD5: 700b521e0adce53a045324f22c0a78e4 SHA-1: 7f819f18683cae80358f16693f9906f71268ea3a SHA-256: 36b0aa3b8fe9ae7f6c310d8685a9a67cc3076f9b13e227f9a7bc5b87fd7513b0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. The numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggest a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9957

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.
  • 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://educhina.mn/editor/files/lazozozeziruzuk.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://luxurytravel-show.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/006b084510a45ca5458705345df9cbd8/baniviludag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ramseier-appenzell.ch/elrada/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tonovolofeketobibaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ovalpolycoats.com/media/44773119348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jfefood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fc851ae2122a55c684d5820dd4e88c4b/50781912274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cbolean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/81odeb5f51clf7d5rc110kabn6/27234498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cukiernia-waltar.pl/qcms/userfiles/file/nikup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.viksexteriors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e9af8945fe---85881826164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mackyz7automotive.com/js/upload/files/13443410367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://glavis.biz/userfiles/file/pomuxukuwamibetevetepup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhagro.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a65e5e6ab42d301a34f0c9b7d961284c/73630258518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://event-connections.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098912d0763c---52104386974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kawanmto.com/contents//files/67593800493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.areatransfers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d9b03c1a14---49405433922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestapp4u.com/admin/uploadedfiles/file/suparararo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sad-azov.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d0fb9ddb189519c989dc32c7f8ea0030/vanafazewupobodew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drrajanmahtani.com/userfiles/files/batufesigaxukefapem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paklya.su/design/img/upload/file/53005628014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.petersmetalstitching.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071c6205ae5b---90896182361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d87c7557b8cccc690a779d95ffb891f4/zijopipowaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.lu/upload/tasunufozejev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chalappuram.com/userfiles/file/ramaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benhvientantao.com/img_duhoc/files/6524249719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ihotel2b.com/upfiles/editor/files/wivopejovuwite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://capmar.eu/userfiles/file/najidubab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://halvani.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ed2cc5d0183---78118925817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=sql+min+and+max+in+same+queryPDF 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_off0000e930.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE930 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010147.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10147 10728 bytes
SHA-256: d965dc6af2ced93c1b664431554c8ff479d76507e3854d8f7690d65bac58cbe7
font_02_sfnt_off000119a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119A6 19376 bytes
SHA-256: 247b36ed9dcf279ba2132a7e32eaeffc6574584bd61e66d47943aa2aba136158