Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 36cbfc308534fa8c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.5 KB Created: 2021-08-15 09:22:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-22
MD5: 2ae7ecfdbe747bc335871b5ccbc37475 SHA-1: 15601b3bca34940b10f550e1e5beac1116bc56f3 SHA-256: 36cbfc308534fa8c84f0214ba4a75e1f0734000bc8ef983bf8f521e5dd3793bc
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The file functions as a link farm, containing numerous embedded URLs that point to various websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains. These links likely serve as lures for phishing attacks or to distribute further malware. No scripts were extracted from this sample, but the structure and embedded URLs strongly suggest a malicious purpose.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://hps-gruppe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4q16a353sjb2d4lhpmdqtgoqcm/pokidosebidemukip.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://aimic.com/userfiles/file/tavugomaxurugeliwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--54-dlcdkamdj4btild5b.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81962519476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--82cac8d3ajrc0gd0bo4a7nf3qg.com/userfiles/files/23418872886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bigband-ulm.de/userfiles/files/vezelikibolide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jahnigterbraak.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607808fcf0459---99649508323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://africanhairbraidingsalon.com/userfiles/file/99845238732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dietmoiquangle.com/webroot/img/files/32053804493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fishtech.org/uploads/userfiles/file/file/11460004338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://better-pharma.com/images/file/files/80534802659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wcdt.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eq7r9ebgbh5m6lqfvfejq0olhp/95917378270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apexforestservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077b7fd1f71a---zenufetupevevifopawaviteb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canionglobal.com/FCKeditor/file/rivikuwozoworo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inverpalmas.com/aym_image/files/zitevawaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.azembay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rrgiu8e9mtrg90arqot9p3s49t/75931426195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terapie-psi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161164ac1b598a---najigabilesaralekafewoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metaglas.kr/userData/board/file/voxonogiluviwozipiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pfgpartners.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f4bfab28ea3---dumud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahi.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c18ca082930902b395f404713ee1572/sovewugov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://freetds.net/userfiles/file/sopujanulapegit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elitteaccesorios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9m17u1idfp327oqj9tniajis2m/tomegudofelomiminibikun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cruiseship.cruises/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b227fi9929u0vr4613crmekrom/67838854930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercato.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e2c318ce98---36696534448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ddriu.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e41050f1549755a592ad75b5f479a2b8/95912847630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+reset+an+iphone+6+without+apple+idPDF link annotation
    • http://lovewhereyoulv.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eb27cff9178a03ab1e733403ecf18033/83416382782.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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e8c2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8C2 17036 bytes
SHA-256: 00e9c2b6ccc30af0600b4e680a2dedcdf4a44d8dc5adf64bdf0bad130ef94ec1
font_01_sfnt_off000114dc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114DC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012cf3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12CF3 10836 bytes
SHA-256: 05848232e50b3781bb2bd4a562ba1fbdafe8e2194bfdb3312408319480a836f4