Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 36ed3e53deb890da…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.2 KB Created: 2021-06-30 18:16:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 4d8d080e2abfd172b9a2da5f1e23c4f3 SHA-1: 2402937de4aa13b48f5d85f81c3af8e178d569d2 SHA-256: 36ed3e53deb890da1e4aa5296e66fe532af03f61a4f5ec53f787e74de6d9e5d7
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to potentially compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of these links aligns with a phishing or malware distribution strategy.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9929

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://udachi.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ljkj2p8jlpmvdlrkujov5nrl0r/2790409380.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://gloucesterclassof81.com/clients/23558/File/683097041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://animalscipublisher.com/files/upfiles/file/wujavekokete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ufnk.fr/app/webroot/files/file/2509687782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daiichitravel.com/uploads/news_file/89152105625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ms01bet.net/contents//files/3205130436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timatey.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1hst8mq2nqinu98o7c83ci6k34/nefimakerepexoloduvup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stollerco.com/testingsites/advantage_aviation/assets/media/file/jogexenorowomejabeminowen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architects-desk.com/uploadsfile/71578389581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hit-education.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4isqcosjop1spv9ajnl4q3f2nt/95966320450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawcab.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607af71f44fb1---95612848582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lisacutler.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c002dfaec08---mifuwurarusurezupuzak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stratcareerservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4336c7a559---58371081003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mvdisposal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9a32673385---mexerezor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuadernos.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4f4a8247b4---60683060280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phantasos.org/userfiles/file/94590640749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alkhairi.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eb43a68bd810c2a589deced8ddb1240a/jedinelevanemepipilip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajivikafinance.com/userfiles/file/zugidilogupekejixakim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samarpanbharat.org/trila/userfiles/file/24516689244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alongsideasia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ad91e579830ff6d04eb574605e4d04a/72869853671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ildungrice.com/fileupload/fckeditor/file/13109170998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viaterrestre.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ab1dc63298---jajurusatogomepanarew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://g3az.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3f6c35ec50---gaforaxadulilaropapiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawcab.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0859018f8e---56297488320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeugdopdewetenschapsagenda.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077ff7922771---60782439690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=homoscedasticity+in+rPDF 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_off00010db2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DB2 10588 bytes
SHA-256: 37bd50fdce585e64b48898c389b3c8a11293905b2775d3740b0587270c2b42ee
font_01_sfnt_off000125dc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125DC 19108 bytes
SHA-256: dce405c4b4fb219069935f129d17c224d6bb2f235cfe75a4f6507c255640d36d
font_02_sfnt_off000157b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x157B8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1