Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 36ea731fa282caeb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.7 KB Created: 2021-09-03 22:44:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: e85570f7a031dbf8ca0f13bf8316dd9e SHA-1: a80dffd42e543c80db37bc896b7b38f3a76ed210 SHA-256: 36ea731fa282caeb0a38e1845cded4d3512c95f702bd93000acef17c8823b28b
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and ML classifiers indicate maliciousness. It contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm or distribution point for further malicious content. The presence of embedded URLs and the PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK heuristic indicate attempts to redirect the user to potentially harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=colorimeter+hach+dr+890+manual PDF link annotation
    • http://ambulatorioveterinarioilghirlandaio.it/userfiles/files/64182086356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://la-roofers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a5658da54d---17587194951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harlit.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210701_052326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gangwonbnb.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210820_B5235AD9EA31B217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amsasecretariat.fr/userfiles/file/20773864378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geometrabottero.it/userfiles/files/89700232066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maidintown.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/47149bb396c15930d2ecf003fc859150/mowozibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelritariccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf75ba77c17---kajowebadifaxazog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://happycustomerservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b64ddf92ca4d119c63ad28f3034dcbca/23114429502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skontrolsengineering.com/file_media/file_image/file/61519645593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchirierielicopter.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087007b4f736---toletokitog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ponderosafestival.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160917f4de2731---83770412677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://galerie45.com/userfiles/file/24472638377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://33mobility.net/uploads/files/sazalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://masonfamilyreunion.org/clients/b/bd/bdaf0a3c19eb5f10f0519c747c117e37/File/36764524026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sherwoodonionfestival.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60616040912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gitimohammadilakhimpur.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49995056488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aksaaydinlatma.com/img/editor/image/file/1194463552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dispomydeal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1463cdedaf7e0660f3045b0b252c7c0c/99908670709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pikewallis.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610c07005f18c---jugizavevujiniloxopovixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://roweryelectra.pl/app/webroot/uploads/file/16218692168347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phoenixknights.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e6469785b500b12417cc57a6e667d90/kufefavobilunisosunenasop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sieuthivatlieuhoanthien.com/upload/files/wigaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cf2e8122e132a68891b0243d6a031ac2/retak.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_off0000d04c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD04C 18264 bytes
SHA-256: 4d892e568d1eb7fea815d1f1ccd3068dc8a90cc4e0941f87f8f04315b1173a9e
font_01_sfnt_off0000ffea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFEA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011801.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11801 11096 bytes
SHA-256: 251cec7d1501758d34ebc027679ce289a84429a05d0da089d312caed295b22a3