Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 36c0bd457fb14684…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.6 KB Created: 2021-09-06 19:18:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: ace2be7e08d7e20600ca7347763f6877 SHA-1: c09d39cdd60ce62787df55988d75752783df05dd SHA-256: 36c0bd457fb14684b760e78c4162101d81830f70efbf6cdcf0f8345d3d14b83f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and multiple URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. The presence of a link farm on disposable hosting further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 http://kingalbertltd.com/uploadedfiles/file/xavigemigawejimamafuzil.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://nsfeed.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/pumisowututukej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.arphplumbing.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sqvjkdbk502eaqbuovpucrpbqv/lagit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bascobrunswick.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c67c44b5cd0---pobekat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goforthegreengolfpools.com/userfiles/file/jutanugobuwelugamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olamare.com/img/uploaded/file/kigubisigeder.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://militarynetwork.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608030cfd7040---12388333567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bindazzled.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/addf172ec67e8f92663651485cdb1863/41618033916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teplitsyoptom.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9b46f72f3fb2ba826bfdc39f6d922c02/bazakapugeju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benthanhsgfarm.net/images/uploads/files/48725368476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://misionesmedellin2030.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d51h9kc8rnmvbbek9b2e5paha2/fimufixoromo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ned.ru/uploads/files/tuwoberozesewutexej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balajihighfields.in/userfiles/file/29760829002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://member-amz-seller-system.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/91461bd254e0a72868fcd644632e655b/xaxuzonukemufosugelatep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arserwood.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210509001418502064922ggn.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theemasternetworker.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97840709285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autohausnschmidt.de/userfiles/file/wivekidasorizozuzejezomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caribsplash.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd335a2f2c4---69712406635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bordahusfeldolgozo.hu/editor_up/vuniledakawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lang-mayer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dffb5be0d5f---71128908820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lso-msm.fr/userfiles/file/2503904051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inewbus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7l1bftsvj0np3pc44j7p1mqeu1/62268461531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.horisunmauritius.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a758fb49ab873f38ea5212539720a14d/14593151595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://samuiluxurytravel.com/Uploads/file/zesikevidokixivafulaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=gas+testing+book+lc+kaku+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_off0000c52c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC52C 18856 bytes
SHA-256: f2f2b8683388e4f79d06092473741357e7aadbe9f835b062e0f6683e61365f73
font_01_sfnt_off0000f6ec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6EC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010f03.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F03 11064 bytes
SHA-256: 2d02b3f0ccdea49450c0a873b485f687d09bdae28cb6beccd04007959ca33748