Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 836683130728c2b9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.7 KB Created: 2021-09-18 20:43:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: f1138317933048faf81d01c8b9233734 SHA-1: 1a12793c64b359852cc12ec89038f764fd638e08 SHA-256: 836683130728c2b99411ef2f42e13d4b0a9bdb827909d377f0fdfc25ad8277a5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9911

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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=std+10+maths+textbook PDF link annotation
    • http://shengyaweb.com/uploadfile/file/2021090900271949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sgd42.ru/userfiles/file/kokajibowivasafek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cdkuys.handysociality.com/upload/files/71887031789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://best-turbos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6c72114b27dc25a6a54a0f309544c587/noxabuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carbonelite.ru/file/niwipopajobomeba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://panhongbo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/site_eachfun_com/files/jofivirexuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thinkglobalcompliance.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8171949643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viacaosaopedro.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kowaguludijimifopogob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://foursservices.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/43469908091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.waetsukai.jp/system/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91004901410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://santa.sg/images/users/00000000/files/bemuvojojasekil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dvif.fr/userfiles/file/pukugusadoviberimopekip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jeanmarcrobion.fr/userfiles/file/25542844033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135e65eb92ea---20203243092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vidol.nl/userfiles/file/kokotorirokufurikonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artenika.pl/fck/file/74263382335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sxnqx.org/upload/file/Fl202109130547571286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://homelife-superstars.com/image/files/38134429311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.anclupnapoli.it/userfiles/file/didipifidefulowuvileligaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.opencalgary.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613882d1ef24d---gidinagiwub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imobilestore.de/userfiles/file/62821513828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fotojursa.cz/userfiles/file/lokorawadalimifebalezefev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.privathospitaletkollund.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/towawuxawepisulojerazobog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://faguaflowers.com/images/admin/file/pavidulafoligosemakol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dobre-jaja.com/Upload/file/65828797857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kampusogrenciyurdu.com/file/tozanotufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verzorgingsindex.nl/images/uploads/vizadimuzowalaxa.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_off0000de84.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE84 17768 bytes
SHA-256: 2024b55c4c135d89fdae7f8fe3e254a8e7cc1baa519b911c39df6eb59e429510
font_01_sfnt_off00010c57.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C57 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001246e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1246E 10756 bytes
SHA-256: 3e964ed2096f8b1c3cfa51a0b3e4c4b87bc6fbf01830080c12910b25550db259