Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 36ced5ddb7ce7efc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.8 KB Created: 2021-08-07 20:29:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: c5b512701b9cddfb4d63554aae045bd7 SHA-1: 25f89e748d9983d04f82cf93ce7aac952e0266b2 SHA-256: 36ced5ddb7ce7efca6a0a34e0c51bdd352ccbc6c850fda30af6c1e44634ba975
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content. The heuristic 'SE_INVOICE_LURE' indicates the document may be disguised as an invoice or payment request to trick the user. While no scripts were directly extracted, the presence of multiple external links and the ML classifier's high confidence score suggest a malicious intent to redirect users to harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9916

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.
  • Fake invoice / payment lure low SE_INVOICE_LURE
    Document contains invoice or payment language paired with an action verb — useful context when combined with link, macro, or attachment indicators
  • 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://fellowpeo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0e86c060e53c24f5a3c236639a030917/daralefifewatokar.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://lastcallslc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2b62158068e8d7f1561137d544a23c95/sakubuxoregufagojedunati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stillwaiting.org/userfiles/file/31122360469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vidaleve.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/balixugot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uforoi.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/vadimasagudojozotenali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://globalcenterhotels.com/bot/ckfinder/uf/files/tetuvevabukelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://conberraquera.com/aym_image/files/95469720819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asustainable.com/global/file/33617278370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phuketwebstudio.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/begopesinapofuterogetoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.asap-recruitment.net/upload/file/21848285513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imi.vc/upload/files/68972167372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yaqeen-eg.com/userfiles/file/66675442106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sandalyecenneti.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qtbcd30lcrh7kklm96lckp8njv/watevazukitemofilaniluzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--939a66v0zjo3bcvdmrp.com/data/ckfinder/files/sipamujogejupij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noks.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077bc0a2d59a---nawixozivuwoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angelojrobles.com/admin_initial_test/userfiles/file/24383306009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luyenthitoeic.info/userfiles/file/14269250074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotelamoha.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160eca41aabcda---vobibewipusilurum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bensonlandscape.com/editorData/file/41758118501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lookupagency.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d32c997dfe3---27029327414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sussexweddingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160716220f3b7f---sexagemuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.avenueroadadvertising.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a14c929efff---liwet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/adcb3d0241af63c9d48e4595ceff1547/tupatijaxukazowowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bocamvigliesrooms.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6790bda048e5db05a31e006cb7b7796e/kaxurefikaxor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=creditor+supplier+reconciliation+format+in+excelPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f8a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8A6 16844 bytes
SHA-256: 1b8f700259dc45e672d0231bc4bf37b1239d5adc557cd6b1f40e723e4027b13d
font_01_sfnt_off0001244f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1244F 11012 bytes
SHA-256: 5a46469e4508cc00342e1397c45f7c9c3fc55106e755e7bf7d237c5dc29801b2
font_02_sfnt_off00013de9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13DE9 16192 bytes
SHA-256: e2ad764752cd4be5999c18614362e0cea8e9c563e7196d76fd0086f860ccaf5d
font_03_sfnt_off00015376.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15376 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1