Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3cb36ea085997a6c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

115.1 KB Created: 2021-09-15 22:25:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: d66841050176b04903d3aa41d70aa2db SHA-1: 929e527093f4305083d93d5db26170b326523da5 SHA-256: 3cb36ea085997a6ce13916f37cc669f749b8efb5a686c27b9b82a2804dc11a64
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The 'SE_BROWSER_INSTALL_LURE' heuristic indicates the document's content likely prompts the user to install a browser extension or update, a common social-engineering tactic. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support a malicious classification.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9931

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Browser extension / update installation lure high SE_BROWSER_INSTALL_LURE
    Document tells the user to install a browser extension, plugin, viewer, or browser update to view content — a common social-engineering path for credential theft and malware installation
  • 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 https://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=window+10+latest+update PDF link annotation
    • https://knurussian.kr/DATA/upload/files/202109091821348267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoalavender.net/upload/files/wogigoreg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lacasedescaraibes.fr/file/90789688465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://progettogeometra.it/userfiles/files/fuzekasatojopod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://microfocus-realize2020mea.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4fb48b2900c0ac9359641a35d3f89c9c/22203116119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pomelieagency.com/userfiles/files/jujimuwiwogodadoworipejup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mppoa.cloudlinesystems.com/assets/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pikigubukezeluduvus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc020.com/userfiles/file/20210908175538_g9ld0r.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vibrosystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fe0c4b9029---70688179357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alacarte-design.de/userfiles/file/39284159313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lotuscourtpune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e1e796c5f5d1adb2433afb98a11ede3/10997545987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floresdeserrezuela.com/aym_image/files/gatunobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webhostmurah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613be00838619---fewusefojosixapuwuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hansungid.com/userfiles/file/xubejuwegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villaturri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161401096551f7---liwuxad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://produktybhp.pl/pliki_user/File/repevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oresteruggiero.com/userfiles/files/16601769172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dtyxbpzx.com/filespath/files/20210904235800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hamishehbaharcarpet.com/My_Project/Hamishe_bahar/ahar_img/files/35904410468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stoneappeal.in/FCKeditor/file/poforiwuguresaduwidipoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gold-carsales.com/js/upload/files/47581617346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecef-groupe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qap9ammqv9hk6sb29v70i9khs3/27328249546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tsahimmongol.com/uploads/images/files/xasofubevoruwemudinitel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://konferencii.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17526577756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aquarium-kochi.com/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78796727184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lpxs168.com/filespath/files/20210915192556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wroclawmodelshow.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tirogisavivuti.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_off00015ee3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15EE3 18156 bytes
SHA-256: e7525dab2509ab06305d4a2d0c40231501c6a06ca7ed96c221063a3a57ac85e6
font_01_sfnt_off00018d7d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18D7D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001a594.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1A594 10636 bytes
SHA-256: 4d9a09290c62d003e29052acc7f05b4db073f4668e6c3256cb73d9c8613f3d39