Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 36b90dc40fbe06a3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.1 KB Created: 2021-09-04 23:55:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: aabb7f097ecaa49b4657b295b621a2d3 SHA-1: 920a901de203b9c6064695cce49e01f307ef898a SHA-256: 36b90dc40fbe06a3910e52eda5f4c3c5374e1f37677824646e59d3f78d7fba26
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to redirect the user to one of the listed malicious URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://holzhaus-suedtirol.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ec4ca2ad4ea---koxolelimig.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://lltsg.com/uploadfile/file///2021070105013689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aronabritcan.com/userfiles/file/46751220698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://learningsolution.ca/userfiles/files/62389546779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nt-module.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vokedivinep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/895e0e5da34bb4ded0244f43b170684f/fiwodanilawerutori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ronaldtan.nl/images/photo/41256094653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teplorium.su/userfiles/file/94118411270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hysansam.com/fckeditor/userfiles/image/pegawojibig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://whatproperty.ng/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xepox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dchs80.com/clients/c/cb/cbc185099defa3274d3d4f74835fd64f/File/vategu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://malbreil.com/userfiles/file/ruzaxirusebupijiru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.asahinadigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ukahck49kk36v4mu8u9gnj345/60420678011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drxzhang.com/userfiles/file/sirurebusugogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://geneticapanama.com/userfiles/file/rotunikowerurekanenovaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vizesblokk.hu/files/file/zifaxitaxiraxenovetunato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kipia-nn.ru/userfiles/file/sekubukajutigewuzozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://silatur.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xojaxumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stellamaris.cz/userfiles/88677655972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anvlaw.com/userfiles/file/gagesidesitodexasos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nobleorthodontic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ff15b2aceacf1096eaf32e92714f619/tijunetorofatigor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bfr-bialapodlaska.pl/userfiles/file/jadobiremukufipesoguzosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lbf-cosmetics.com/website/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607712bd74812---1563436814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wecafephuket.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5edu13274ejg2vrrol7a6ivpki/64537047587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=bruhm+gas+cooker+manualPDF 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_off0000d76e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD76E 10732 bytes
SHA-256: c4ab0ad03c90f3d6bd64efa97b753240697158483730a513ec3d702f9b3e9cf6
font_01_sfnt_off0000effb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFFB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001080d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1080D 17904 bytes
SHA-256: 12df13c7410a547113399dfae27e463090db530fbe1967d5e1f6b43dba00e355

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