Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 36ddf4db047b5d37…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.8 KB Created: 2021-09-05 13:57:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: eebbddc959a17e3a50cb9a6142075180 SHA-1: e08392eefb3edbe1152bb691479fbe7298c933f7 SHA-256: 36ddf4db047b5d372bb5cea72f42db27ae8bee5b6a111072a47396338f515a89
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, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised websites and potentially malicious content. The presence of PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports its role in distributing malicious links, likely as part of a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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.infratechgroep.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1cff859ba0b243dab78947e3846157b5/72100518826.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.energetisch-therapeut-estie.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131506a3e469---jojiboteriwobideruwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lohs69.com/clients/82366/File/28115533175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://supair-lux.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38587135577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://happyhanool.com/ckupload/files/74861910156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mg001.cn/upload_fck/file/2021-7-23/20210723050554158197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://getem.plfiles/file/3744641348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cdscabling.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609303f51724f---vuriliwifoxofunat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hafa-verein.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7182f7712c1ff907164f08dc9b06f308/petavobovosarexufubege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realimpacto.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bddf62e7a75---23999510026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inlikeflintlogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612eedb00aade---ruvinaputa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chonburi33.com/userfiles/file/tirezedafasigoruzitux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abimobiliare.pl/pliki/File/rijinulaminele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lyonsmcafeereunion.com/clients/a/ab/ab8eb7fa8d7cf94b91f67e7e346c80ed/File/2693779044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rts-wm.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20534816917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yevres.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xukegedivotoralaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pozitron-s.ru/userfiles/file/71247392746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rotarylaspalmas.orgdocumentos/file/39794230770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kgmda.com/upload/files/rufofejisitodibosudilog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.geosuiteonline.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608781f5b1941---89026761215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gdr.co.il/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/09e6c79d69b9d577518ba70d81f1d069/25280353088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thedewakohchang.com/image/upload/File/1577475796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thefutureofgolf.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608af4709ce9b---23022897523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://boyanbolyarski.com/userfiles/file/80691438512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=ejercicios+de+normalidad+molalidad+y+molaridad+resueltos+pdfPDF 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_off000105ba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105BA 20080 bytes
SHA-256: 5b4b92d22294238f4cf93455104aa1500b39009af6159804f63dd883829f57dd
font_01_sfnt_off000138bc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x138BC 11108 bytes
SHA-256: 87c3a6e27567126eaaf72b9f9aafcb6ad40109c9a9e7d1b687f82c408d1caf2c
font_02_sfnt_off0001529c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1529C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1