Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 36b78e2066122bcf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.5 KB Created: 2021-09-06 01:35:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 03f180aa43c80cdc5d70d46cf1ede5f0 SHA-1: d2c6d18bd0a22f74075a7b61daa7dc177f792a9c SHA-256: 36b78e2066122bcfd68d84aad55503d55884025cdf055968ee4290a15a8dc745
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is a PDF file detected by ClamAV as a phishing trojan. Static analysis revealed it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple potentially compromised websites and disposable hosting domains. These links are likely intended to lead users to phishing pages or further malware downloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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 http://cichanski.com/Upload/file/sirebugosawaduvus.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://toonesk.com/upload/39478941689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solarexperte.ch/fckeditor/editor/images/file/jiguzeseralidowovipen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://7166867.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83482596277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikbakirkoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cea27ccf937---58769437408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chornakorn-packing.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gimoxasitixefedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kayakbranson.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e22c34561e0---pasewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stratasphere.online/userfiles/file/tanatoruwokidoxiresixoxup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://serka.com/serka/upload/files/dolalirasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vet-arrighicolangelicristilli.eu/userfiles/files/xomijowizoboregifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apoc.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cee89c384c151b1c72dc7050b52ecb35/73258984653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swotin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097c92c74c4e---gusilaroviwazejobojajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myappartement.de/web/editor/files/8534152196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eco-versute.com/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45553039542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.skyline-recruiting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2aed30eff8611550d2e3bdd2449aea63/81978859082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kindliving.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/nisufale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timocomputer.cz/files/file/toxerababujeje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weilaimachinery.com/userfiles/files/ladux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhuaduongnhapkhauaz.org/upload/files/tuvijiwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pfgmm.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160911448bccbf---tuwonulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dollarplus98.com/images/upload/files/ritewamonijakometif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoscuolepintozzi.it/userfiles/files/kewigevobolubarekidegodip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pianoszimmermann.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c25120af03e---lobadom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kymkarajok.net/tiedostot/files/83946910261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+center+worksheet+horizontally+and+vertically+in+excel+2016PDF 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_off0000d24c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD24C 16420 bytes
SHA-256: c3f846bcb2e8916b412a795cb9549c462321914ee6454bac6917ade028baa8d4
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd16.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD16 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001152d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1152D 11440 bytes
SHA-256: 954a879f9148bd37c79dbb10f1805b73e78a422e7cd33c15abf2b3828f1d94db