Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 836202e4eff83052…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.3 KB Created: 2021-09-03 16:47:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: d5293c27c533703bd114b5760f93cab9 SHA-1: e3ac1066485b6a3bf25f27b4968f609f5c3a7a22 SHA-256: 836202e4eff83052558d9825c08d4e05bdff5c7607e32b303fac80fe573f5674
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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 https://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=communicative+approach+of+teaching+english+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://nationalcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fa8596ba67---45760876989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nepalimodelagency.com/userfiles/file/14895939416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gearforfree.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ueocmc59oasfh4rp8518i537t/56864556240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kayakbranson.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16117b0cfd4ad2---kejakofiwanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moveisgarciadigital.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d03e8ddfa1b---37548032373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.visitrwanda.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d7d4f86de2209669d3c79ba38757b123/zogikorudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----8sbaavnccwq4am.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f005cdf5051700129c3f31168e51ab3c/74124734270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://otvorene-srdce.sk/userfiles/file/21804714128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquatim.ro/uploads/files/sevabuxonif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ketoanantamhcm.com/uploads/files/57284654151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exactblue.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607424f96dc96---sofokatipoxitosowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2girlstrippin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dbaef98c640---66677133047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centrlita.ru/archive/image/file/kexeto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.autodepotperformancegroup.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ssru2je58ib3m5rsh2bn7nmfp/sodurak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://everbeenmagnet.com/js/upfiles/files/karovumuwudebimori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wchs67.com/clients/f/fd/fd50fd9748f3592dabdfdad26f378f15/File/26049394799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://minhanh.com/files/58070018110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bikinibody.be/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/12gihvsas79aodm0ep2t4ddj0d/57335440795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alpha-dynamics.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c78840f36d---gasepanasazik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://intelean.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c965d4cca40---27956904003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maihome.hu/admin1/file/nejonaxolet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dok-vo.ru/userfiles/file/rujolapulofituxanod.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_off00010934.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10934 11264 bytes
SHA-256: 5004d6db2dd9d46d9c3cb373b0aecb9192d362d58df1fa52a93dead31b7c13f8
font_01_sfnt_off0001234a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1234A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013b5c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13B5C 17124 bytes
SHA-256: 65053268f6cb4b23dfc2a93fab267d2bae686c3b9bb54dead3f0490d37203f18