Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 36ca500662b99eac…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.7 KB Created: 2021-08-31 23:44:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 1276f91f093c56db37011121ac71b13a SHA-1: 5084f3d66314969f9bdac38b519310cdadc5270b SHA-256: 36ca500662b99eac91c5859a9b1ffb2ec0029a1d4ad87873172b309763c61e6e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream, which is a common technique for executing malicious code or redirecting users. Several heuristics indicate the presence of link farms and compromised upload storage, suggesting the document is designed to lead users to potentially malicious external resources. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature, likely as a phishing or malware distribution lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9902

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://humanistbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/godl14ej9kmk3d11pld34g94dp/waxogoseminoxuxepon.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://chinasoftcore.com/userfiles/file///44959675059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hit-education.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uq8rhosl7n84mmuf6lq8qi894d/54509546305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livresdarts.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rezusubok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saint-florentin.charcutier-traiteur.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rirovamoxuvun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://megalabsrl.it/userfiles/files/21117523454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc0532.com/userfiles/file/20210607151512_znmi01.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.heracles-hotel.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rnld98pppcrfapq2r3lrj2e6dc/17589436130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stsmcc.org/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kepixomokogesodozinofeku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chongros.com/userData/board/file/totobitovinebogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eclickapps.in/userfiles/files/lerugeguxakinidej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baikalspring.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35254036566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taiyoaquris.cn/upload/userfiles/files/20210803093650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tomasjelinek.com/img/pub/file/94651088133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkwebdesign.com.hk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae698282b4b---57538821445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acbe909b3e6---kikunuzudaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mdsalon.ru/img/lib/file/29281591741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deep2001.com/images/library/File/55586199950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://windowsplusllc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vunesabadaxilepitirif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banghetretunhien.com/media/ftp/file/rafadepuxitajegotinurupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecef-groupe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9nlem93tcofpfn8khpbodrk927/puwakibebivonoxaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ourgans.org/userfiles/files/lewolegikazobuzulagab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aprilboya.com/userfiles/file/gowafitamixulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://delaneyllc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74840277971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cristalensi.com/public/File/15928842402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bringem.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a8d9556b394ef9c87b0bb090c082678d/98796364427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landbondcorten.com/attachment/file/b230d196961de4c61738797f35992271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=it+is+well+with+my+soul+satb+pdf+freePDF 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_off0000d958.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD958 18440 bytes
SHA-256: e9f09ef8f6892c24362c346ba5e7bc400d8506e5529a9a7825b75ab91e41480f
font_01_sfnt_off000109d1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109D1 11052 bytes
SHA-256: 1143841fea39f8af8eb2a28a2c794104da6ec3c2bdb7a6932db182edd233bdf4
font_02_sfnt_off0001235b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1235B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1