Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 436a75a9124dc01f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.2 KB Created: 2021-09-06 07:37:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 7cc280f676cd554b400ab07c8cb49716 SHA-1: ced7b1b6e7f5e99f2fe6088d2154a7cb8292074f SHA-256: 436a75a9124dc01fdd35d598c9bf1ed7e646689f08b305482e6a9570a2cdd26c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and by an ML classifier as malicious. It contains numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of embedded URLs and the overall structure indicate a phishing or malware distribution attempt, likely initiated via spearphishing attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9849

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://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=translate+chinese+to+english+pdf+online PDF link annotation
    • https://www.blackandwhite-salon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/73d53b553651546c28992784daf0bcb1/66482797367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://upoart.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nujovulesifevujalater.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://compow.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84741387633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://az4group.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ce1ea4c969---78336329186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://socohoteldanang.com/uploads/image/files/95319942217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://enville.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161269715f18a6---saburalomevob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://enricobarraco.com/files/51367966034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f2762a71ddc873128625a497169d6afa/kukezujiwitador.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cr-sdc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/17ded69a3f6e3ee9ac1118f97cfb39bf/zasumilupomeberu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5bef6bc0c965d100c72e8265c9f3b0ab/66655068134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://graffitipaintstudio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/87ba71f9e46ab3f23466a4ca37c2c28d/74968812060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioghittigargnano.com/userfiles/files/21572429551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chataphan.com/file_media/file_image/file/vejodotagibuti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bangprice.combangprice.com/beta/cms_image/file/nusijoxidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akbmodel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16104aa8a2abf5---58582894931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fifatravels.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075b4754786c---75722989829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://muskogeeroughers1967.com/clients/9/98/9899c641331876fb313f08ec475a0443/File/puromusawezivogeriluwup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abugfreemind.com/userfiles/file/lasipijukosowenuwuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dezmaster.com/userfiles/file/xenimuvegazapeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://westleyden72reunion.com/clients/4/46/469dc9162705cbff2d1fbe132f144f37/File/83767698844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hcibatiment.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8b0c0b1115---64240902510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://intervalhousehamilton.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2420708247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://easternsheep.by/app/upload/file/48234775230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bd4d1ce1f7---16501979456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.celso.org/download/gojafukuzafegividojunuxij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://averon.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b85ed5ecde1---45973065680.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_off0000b760.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB760 10864 bytes
SHA-256: ab69bef331a156da50029c11c14ae32979686dfef1cf3546055c4ad5067f9eae
font_01_sfnt_off0000d027.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD027 16636 bytes
SHA-256: 9db9d4e52baf558e12834854b75f090dacf6ec0084367abc0c7558d1457b52f3
font_02_sfnt_off0000fae5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFAE5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1