Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 36fbe9e5f93c45d2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.8 KB Created: 2021-09-01 01:04:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: a9c3eb18ccaf50070ca788b72a62c31c SHA-1: 83d86567bd6406e27630442c376843385f454857 SHA-256: 36fbe9e5f93c45d29f196d38c518c98f77cf15020e028726c334be0947cd3600
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is a PDF that contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress sites, likely intended to trick users into downloading further malicious content. The 'SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE' heuristic indicates that the document may be instructing users to decrypt an archive, a common tactic to bypass gateway security. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly suggest malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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://xn--80adj7cxa.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8b4073777b1904c6f7bedc935096a57b/vumujopidewororuga.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.acefence.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5e414ace80---81583845793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sckprime.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0da57ac953f059f7e106a72b6a4c083d/woximivopadasofujires.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://izeninfo.net/admin/upload/files/detutejanugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laneopx.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a0ecb5e73c---perovupukulisag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atolab.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cda1d9befce5288ebf7164ab40928508/74391660921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gtsonline.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ibhec0sutjvgfj65r4g0chst89/vekokawawedubirefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwrva.com/uploads/files/zasilirisomejiwonakaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barrarioservicos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fbb1a0b477---dejuxesopezuxarugowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autotrans911.com/thread/admin/uploads/file/xenojone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.risingstars.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082062e868b5---fifizosifat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-hematologica.pl/users//file/retodijenix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robbes.nl/media/files/34851539816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoalavender.net/upload/files/41512921131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swotin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609eb7066f1aa---zilijakufisosuwuwodevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://banderlogclub.ru/Files/file/jujowozitatojabezojufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glowskincare.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5d7ca4c74ff79862802305ebe2f5bfc/joputumupareb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://schreinerheusi.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f1fb4297a2a---38685438756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deewo.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c7ef581e10---6369757692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn-----6kcabagcgfjsxjciriy6alkh6a7aqk.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/373b16f8bf80c61e4046df52a86133b1/bifatelaputafovogotet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lavalledesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e1d0b7d8fa4---sajamiximekupeleg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lightingdynamics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5f4b67663ab89c6a91c75dd9679e2223/4977829056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.drop-lok.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cc5c9cd14f5---85180407825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+convert+a+password+protected+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_off0000e508.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE508 10620 bytes
SHA-256: 87d58a13e49e737b1416251bff0a069fd3e6b1fb00692e730c58b9204d25ad92
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd76.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD76 16636 bytes
SHA-256: ee4e2955166399eeb85637feb924bbd45ae3d1929b32044090678617dfec29a0
font_02_sfnt_off00012886.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12886 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1