Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 36cadeaa32781f3b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.8 KB Created: 2021-07-17 22:09:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: f212040c3d6b0e25e6d5b6a4346c0263 SHA-1: 87fecdc44d3e51756836d6ab44a429d05c3777f1 SHA-256: 36cadeaa32781f3bd1493bc33c8319132421471a02e896bdcf7b8576f16c930e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution through a link farm. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://haps.company/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e3ckv49dl4dfpsti5uf4434bn3/58830522549.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cu55gt4gks3sgg5gsfdrqs2n11/dotomijakadadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sad-azov.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b3015c30782371618dba5a7a6d636e1b/dijusopitumor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k2salight.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/40eb77f82aad07d4e61b638ba4efcaa7/88404944768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dansungsala.com/uploads/files/baxitigupapusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mattstergamer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6s7rq7230ppjn3tlja3srv8qai/32816970417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://broadgatecapital.com/userfiles/file/54458741294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://torrentclub.vip/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c4ajviv86h1l5dd2cbup3teuml/wuxokos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaexpansionjoint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091155631ee1---varugafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rowadalbyt.com/userfiles/files/99379271985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuadernos.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0287b0b97b---kawijupelawoxabar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aedwea.com/upload/foto/65822437875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wagnerfamilyreunion.com/clients/866685/File/zawoman.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sotel-perm.ru/site/file/poxefimumova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://americanpetrochemicals.com/customers/CMS-IMAGES/file/vuruluvokif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stylist.in.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e0e643c335e---sowujoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chi-kara.net/userfiles/file/zuzuwunav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607126724bae9---21211214492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stitesattorney.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/94952792616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://regmac.net/userfiles/files/sewakekefuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aaar.cat/assets/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xuzavavagabali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hafa-verein.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/44ade2cb8a5b3fadd4e383766ec6b108/92844620087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://husvagnsexpo.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9ef06325bc---vajozerajopoluze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tecnicadovolante.com/images/file/motumijowivekokepepujupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://roadtoring.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7c521306b55bd5fe58b9627eb7d46f2f/69338763993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=yahoo+answers+dating+sitesPDF 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_off0000f2eb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2EB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010afd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AFD 17392 bytes
SHA-256: 14cabc0b95491657751943470cd895275d51d5b4bc3a3ee9e9ccc57456d75483
font_02_sfnt_off00013864.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13864 10548 bytes
SHA-256: b6c70bd87fb9752aecba0159d6b33fad36e2e2f5d21c35562d75f25f4e8c3a0f