Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 36f82544690df7f8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.5 KB Created: 2021-09-19 12:23:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: d51230b0af605b317a03cc1a0096fa38 SHA-1: 2a1c79cc8d2b4b61dc390054037a8e1e55eb42b8 SHA-256: 36f82544690df7f86e80e350db49faad845f5cfb73e3d41edf3163b971fe4f56
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The presence of embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to potentially compromised or disposable hosting, strongly indicates malicious intent. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support this, suggesting the PDF is designed to lure users to malicious sites or download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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 http://sntaviator.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90996282153.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://sidexsideaudio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613cc386c4e48---15795705381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://twtime.com/uploads/files/202109131509118895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/676df736676223391ab91fffb11c516e/rivolavilawiwevamini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://primebrokeragetx.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ferotarituvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colegiodomus.com.br/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/faxanidufavosalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://debeleven.net/UserFiles/File/93578876972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emotionalgift.youngzonejewelry.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14399442567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://petribax.nl/userfiles/file/27095136862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://valkexclusief.reviews/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/95035251600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreagarciam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137190981f5b---40577081842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mskabel.cz/UserFiles/File/20731362706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stadion-zarya.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rezugajitukomewubuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chukysovin.com/img-svc/files/nemarikarasafiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remontnoedelo.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b5099daa0a---86307471407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kwong-cheong.com/userfiles/31599021454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haai.org/upload/file/suwunotakikaloz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://festivaldelmaridaje.com/sgi_userfiles/userfiles/files/ruguzugodur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aromaonly1.com/yamituki-n/uploads/files/86153701544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weilmclainboiler.ca/fck_upload/file/95692386378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vadihosting.com/calisma2/files/uploads/77502373458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kantipursecurity.com/userfiles/file/61282157701.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.opdrrustukalac.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161411397a1535---43507588133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=cheat+engine+android+apk+no+rootPDF 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_off0000e478.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE478 17156 bytes
SHA-256: a4716f5e5ceb480b61b89ddafbdbe94e7abbf2e22b6249b7dec865d866c0bb2e
font_01_sfnt_off000110b5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110B5 10580 bytes
SHA-256: 82ba7f3d7cd5ea31048d28a4288d5dd61e028b464b53ea98c68f6ffcae41f189
font_02_sfnt_off0001289a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1289A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1