Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 36b51233b456c81f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.7 KB Created: 2021-06-30 08:11:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 53c3af1e300d254a60dcdbdc622993cf SHA-1: 7b236b20231c519a59cb8622eb4dea419e7eecbb SHA-256: 36b51233b456c81fed77d7bc6f3a5dac83fe8055c4fd8f961122a9c6060da5a2
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised websites. The 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' heuristics indicate a pattern of using disposable hosting and potentially compromised CMS upload storage for malicious links. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the structure itself is designed to lure users to external malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=jobs+dominated+by+gender
    • https://www.verpoort-bouw.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607636561b9ae---pavatepabixaxelukunifar.pdf
    • https://www.infrascale.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/67c38d0c6bf0d1685eefd3ea11c67b71/21170949340.pdf
    • http://philippinesroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0f938e677dd656e212ed1271257bfedf/18722765517.pdf
    • http://www.magicapro.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c54ef941d29---kujejimisobosir.pdf
    • https://tailormade-sales-marketing.com/userfiles/file/mixusevo.pdf
    • https://xn--1--8kcai1ck2bs.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0066ee541332a5a9ee1062beda1b5b67/22599119360.pdf
    • https://xn----9sbccjdbca7cyaieg1a3j.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0687b9772f137cbd3dbceb8d00bbd678/pelukewev.pdf
    • https://korzayithalat.com/spot/admin/fckeditor/userfiles/file/89595850513.pdf
    • https://www.picmephotoboothhire.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9ec992f0d8---sujibokeminewupeto.pdf
    • http://www.mtpartnersfl.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b77ce019d4e---zosaxelamowetidu.pdf
    • http://iamsoldierfit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160725d32bab0f---degef.pdf
    • http://fkhd.cz/data/img/13866283910.pdf
    • https://jakspravnenapsa.cz/userfiles/file/17020624703.pdf
    • http://www.commandinglife.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa60a3690d4---81189476423.pdf
    • https://maidintown.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/426ae6799bdb961a77d093007d2f0afd/67605140527.pdf
    • http://www.hkwebdesign.com.hk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070a48f0ce3a---51315403044.pdf
    • https://c4ir.ae/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uohhcqvmvmai1tli4r0tg8re01/5345272662.pdf
    • http://staresecurity.com/userfiles/file/91188183992.pdf
    • https://primax.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m0lhf5v16mv6dh14moiu6031p3/36430792475.pdf
    • http://www.cuadernos.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab6e08b391e---83573471491.pdf
    • https://canadiancontractorservices.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t4thgna2dgeuobd5cdpffuck02/nuputoxabinod.pdf
    • http://womensmentalhealthmd.com/clients/9/9a/9a9ccad1be43d50cbc9928f06550b956/File/8437248553.pdf
    • https://visionbrindes.com/admin/fckeditor/userfiles/file/89454746903.pdf
    • https://www.abaco-engineering.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160784066309f4---44990729442.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f408.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF408 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010c1a.bin
5fdf96454e49f6b75fee453cf51905ed1dd33536269d49b78f341069f8c94ecd
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C1A 17164 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013917.bin
06349117592f928c2af9c9a14a35c6e87ed375e62582756bf80be967cdf5b007
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13917 10792 bytes