Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 36caccea79c5745e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.9 KB Created: 2021-07-07 22:26:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: b58b41882020b6c56d5b63c264d38267 SHA-1: 4e0e91508cded89bb3427c528ff83531044748d0 SHA-256: 36caccea79c5745e0e91c7a95e464a55e6604f015ee6b75a63c913cdb33d0f19
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature. The presence of a download button heuristic further suggests a lure to entice users to click on these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9924

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=moron+test+answers+section+2 PDF link annotation
    • http://sieuthivatlieuhoanthien.com/upload/files/4295841521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luchetti.it/userfiles/files/riwojevuruzun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amexeuro.com/an3_Uploads/file/39219379698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deedpoll.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/75e86d4191a03e76a8ada080858fdd87/lamal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fabrykakonwersji.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e32a24d3ebe79689f6e6becf76d3f7f5/84665133570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nscs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/35614e5b6e8e42e16bc2c4ff4df1460f/kedojuxupofunesaxot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alibabaoman.com/basefile/alibabaomancom/files/pajaxigamikuwumopatep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peopleoftheheath.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a04d3947b7---ravetosefawofuwutaxina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plentis.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98477745199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouwenaaneensterkwerkgeversmerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609925464ee92---xoberesarajakujorupekojor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thedestinbeachhouses.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5524870fd6a7a3449d46a699b66c6fe9/83906881246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sportli.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d3c13eaaeb---3491909380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amphorabeautyclub.com/campannas/file/61883228815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.corridar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m6cnmqnveigqg0e7dfv113kn76/43835474311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expungemyrecordnj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9de8225694---16275817962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ndmoyun.com/calisma2/files/uploads/lesiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1babedf9cb---kalerulusadofigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuraski.pl/wsg/userfiles/tigumunoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahkjt.com/upfile/file/lekomegupowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bandai-k.com/userfiles/file/xolubafugisebomafikekabek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beloit1962.com/clients/8/83/8368a4f838dea3176655029ae9e337da/File/wasumegejogegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.johnrealestate.in/ckeditor-ckfinder-integration/uploads/files/41015130472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bank-kredit.at/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64004996836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mgtofubbq.com/uploads/files/2867811068.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primax.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gskg7ceed4sf0vf9lb8fhoctf7/2143611136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f065.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF065 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010876.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10876 16252 bytes
SHA-256: bfc7ce51a1a9b37382af61f0075eb0cdb972126da031002d338643432d80e6e4
font_02_sfnt_off00011e57.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E57 10376 bytes
SHA-256: d288ae87f971f2948a87d9d8dbdedf71d36e1f6bcfef3a6dde52756a1751792a
font_03_sfnt_off0001361a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1361A 18580 bytes
SHA-256: c15706816da1717445957099d2ae06d2a9737742e0516367e39993e8ffe5a298