Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 36f14fdd9b241c03…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.4 KB Created: 2021-09-04 23:11:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 67aa53cbd0a127de9917aafffc942206 SHA-1: c4db0fb8053683a43e2936f1e40e176e99f85263 SHA-256: 36f14fdd9b241c038b6650a8e1e638e74825a8cd461f4af392552436283289fe
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting it functions as a link farm to distribute malicious content or phish users. The presence of multiple distinct hosts and a high number of links per host further supports this link farm behavior.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://ethiquedevelopers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bfaa07b006f22293b9ee21c883d10d06/kujamarozagopokojebab.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161216ab7521a6---37654614619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrotehholding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f70215216929928f63d44f62f477b657/74028511716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coluer.ir/documents/file/80467364578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gostinica-domodedovo.ru/files/jedijewijamavamepava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alpinismbihor.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/50076405028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bayanairag.com/uploads/userfiles/files/pejarozufedulewapubedin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://redwoodpwr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s25g4ab3ng4os2kb2dcovfhhs6/93606816105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bearings-home.com/userfiles/file/50369675509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thuexedanang247.com/uploads/image/files/kujixigomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.penyembuhanholistikreiki.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9a283d584c---wemudujif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://julieesteban.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cb236de6e8---tutabuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tucsonhomewindowtint.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a194fb21800cf9176be4011bfa584847/85715605309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://htwy.com/upload/file/18568274283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olterus.net/contents//files/sejovoxosowavonipelebodal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://schreinerheusi.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e19024ead2---kezenagufidakujibaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.altrus.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e196ff2d60---givusibupufix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nowbali.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d02384deb5---kosemam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tandartsindex.nl/images/uploads/36497656188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kibledergisi.net/resimler/files/jakok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.loockuniformes.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4195fd77a9---pelemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akkoryazilim.com/userfiles/file/84062660391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://entone.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/844de69e640be6456d75c69392df98e5/95253626956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedcheckcashadvance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160887847bb128---21699734025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nationaalgolfcongres.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2692229d16---72156278486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=an+introduction+to+dynamical+systems+and+chaos+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_off0000d9e1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9E1 11080 bytes
SHA-256: 5a73843485a98a403851523b2b9132c19730a360f414d7a7cf97b4ec87e8db1a
font_01_sfnt_off0000f393.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF393 17204 bytes
SHA-256: dff7f9ed362dae8fc14178fca63346ddfc1b3f45088cd7e26e0ee9807727c055
font_02_sfnt_off00011fb2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11FB2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1