Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 36ce9bb3ce47b9aa…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.5 KB Created: 2021-09-06 09:14:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: d2a368a0017562da754631919ac64962 SHA-1: f6a74f90480fdccde50b2aed999360723ef6f726 SHA-256: 36ce9bb3ce47b9aacfebd85b3c3ea6a058766098a9b0d5bb2a450cbd9df9f340
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a high number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to download a second-stage payload or redirect the user to a phishing site.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • 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://www.phuketvillarentalandservices.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70682050498.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.generalutilities.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b279d844fa---luleroximofomopatam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.advancedevents.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f16958259d3---17955464307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terralis.net/catalogue_dynamique/file/84126550475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://driver-jazda.pl/upload/file/mekafolanavikub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grani-tonkogo-mira.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f1b73dc464630ad40484fed672f305dc/wejorukutigegozezuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://argentinaproduct.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bupenukiromopaximarug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://promocionesnma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b6c49c07f392c8553f604aa228eb3887/sugedipul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pankalconstructora.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b2e424f210---37406031151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nidi.mk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zozoginapimunukaviponoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.investing-in-women.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c5fa9b2a9a---selufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://espacioschillout.es/images/admin/file/31526281586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjoybrands.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e5db346ff58---bazuruxefafigevaponi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkoronetour.com/userfiles/file/xikipusesulezukadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abpaluso.com/upload/file/11101419656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.colegiometa.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c80d00f6eb---kebenesejigifirugobog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://we-plus.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kosobusozeloxuwaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zebcom.in/userfiles/file/karof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motodubai.com/uploaded_images/files/nuzipiwawigem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imad0c0.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91427130334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceilford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/553b7665a6320113898a6fd7df455d25/92131835688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://voorwindenotariaat.nl/app/webroot/files/ckeditor_files/files/6378768682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=learn+english+phrases+book+pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://crossfit28.com.s125853.gridserver.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/fijason.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_off0000d832.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD832 10868 bytes
SHA-256: 617e65be325609aaac1f6794457c5cb8694cc3cd2199ec29de301f36e2e8431f
font_01_sfnt_off0000f0b5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0B5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000108c7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108C7 18420 bytes
SHA-256: f3f6705644572c1707308399f2b00f9e59ef71d660367ff1bf7771ae16332287