Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 736538a6b130e1c7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.7 KB Created: 2021-10-03 10:56:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 89cc61090bdcf8f0d19626c25d73fe03 SHA-1: e16d48dd4d214e86e4423d3e5ad895e70200e942 SHA-256: 736538a6b130e1c7c7a14bec8247275e18ad9efa21ff26785488f71182a787ae
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF was flagged by multiple heuristics, including ML classification and ClamAV, as malicious. It contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to phishing or malware sites. The presence of embedded URLs and the overall structure indicate an attempt to facilitate initial access via spearphishing, likely leading to further compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=elon+musk+net+worth+in+rupees PDF link annotation
    • https://mk-sito.it/uploads/file/vovukaziganagegatuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atx-stroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/22d469127f124f0beaeb67d6c8dd064d/novepapozof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpi1pusat.com/contents/files/5010069545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.speeddating.lt/speeddating/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87245524423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://visualpaint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614f0f7f555fa---82308956591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mixmarketing.vn/upload/fck/file/88462464575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://friulanamarmi.it/images/file/gigidisubib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goang-hann.com/uploads/files/202109181113325408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bourgogne.annuaire-regional.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48974800625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://roberlo.cz/www/files/file/23915694789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquaticlandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16157662f94974---zapofokusekusokejamutukiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thesmithgrouphouston.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f194d500750eafb8e8088be1293f82ff/34492157155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pmms-online.com/assets/file/zisabejomoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://redfortfireworks.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mogaruxewidurinav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dsodrecital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613acec02ca29---velasopajebalexiwozukeri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avukatwebsitesi.trakyasoft.com/upload/files/56776894069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marmaraisg.com/images_upload/files/kobejinapoxefazas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yourtruck.be/upload/ckeditor/file/jixizafidulumaxugoganexap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.dk/upload/lusofufoxirawotitugejama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hunicorn.hu/userfiles/file/zemetatatotetukami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://globalnetworks.de/www.galabau-poscher.de/main/preview/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nunafasegazis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://academiesutherland.com/userfiles/file/3727690653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clubselectionvoyages.net/images/file/81191142164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://editora-arara-azul.com.br/site/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6656726350.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_off0000b0de.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB0DE 15784 bytes
SHA-256: 58b677b5d623153fa641724a1099d2ff1f869e5e666ab78b8a3301506115effe
font_01_sfnt_off0000d90d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD90D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f124.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF124 10616 bytes
SHA-256: f156965a3715cf09379059018c61b0ec0d38c22c3943db655a7cb7a1bb0f704a