Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 36b3e7cd1d7037b4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.4 KB Created: 2021-09-19 04:16:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: b27828c0c8656d0fd423ced74dc33589 SHA-1: 1ea3fd3f46b675b9b20902d4ada1251542b4918b SHA-256: 36b3e7cd1d7037b40880c49f3de0470a9df91952e602e8052600b0578157dfd6
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many hosted on compromised or disposable domains, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The 'SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE' heuristic suggests the document may instruct the user to open a password-protected archive, a common tactic to bypass gateway security. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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 http://solarexperte.ch/fckeditor/editor/images/file/wisoxabavu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://midesignvn.com/uploads/files/kerikazakeromonenoxevox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://objetivovender.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16144377a9c22f---76252859905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rpv-drachten.nl/files/file/10099186286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://winterwonderlandzundert.nl/uploadimages/files/11100623399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://88cpap.com/userfiles/files/17266782429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ontheedgeofnow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130c900109e2---29182149593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.aironface.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b83c38d56b41e832c64babe056357e43/wamigokoxazuxafolirin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cathyourhair.nl/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jipedagawupugano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://volandovia.it/public/fileeditor/file/11332541910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://susta.vn/userfiles/file/pekejirufufipixosopefup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parvazyab.net/basefile/api203/files/wefosadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psiakocky-potisk.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mobogemawojamolosuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kasaitogo.com/uploads/files/vafeduso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://girisimhaber.com/uploads/file/81459859765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asacnfservices.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jivopokuwuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://watfordfairtrade.org/app/webroot/img/files/44133530345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tonwen.org/userfiles/file/34129338298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trendstyleimage.com/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24045930270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lammermoor.net/imagenes/file/60122571706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frutapac.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78571314926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://principessavencanice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161411984f3e59---57078753634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://startmatbaa.com/userfiles/file/19760031313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=world+of+warcraft+books+free+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_off0000df41.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF41 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f758.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF758 10728 bytes
SHA-256: 36d6f13dbaa128dc9eb1631f2b34e8780926d0e6545d6bd01c27732ba7726898
font_02_sfnt_off00011005.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11005 18420 bytes
SHA-256: 45c2b1e3215ef00b26e946b762fcb9bf0009250c2745564ff1f4fa46de7023a4