Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 836e5db06646d37f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

103.4 KB Created: 2021-09-06 13:28:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 0c449d2737934d4e54f55db625d0ad1f SHA-1: 6f0d27186ff295cb6c23b28b6905872c9c2855fd SHA-256: 836e5db06646d37f6b77e15480bfd550fc5ef0ad32b7eec8460afc338d84c3fe
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it functions as a link farm for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of multiple external URIs and link farm heuristics confirms the primary attack vector involves directing users to external resources.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9877

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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=epigenetics+introduction+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://www.homefacelifters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/75cd09568a67b7b5bec08a37771b29c0/kapuzatugozobati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.es/upload/giliwovod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jeralkhi1tvck8tvuddii4iv47/74733100444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vitrierbxl.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ad0c71b3b7---30962411136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akwarella.pl/user_uploads/file/vafomefofururexuxepib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mercedesmazo.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097c903181d0---runudon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sosnovgeo.ru/userfiles/file/sibaduba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akarchlight.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7e4bab45e903832740c5130a264d35b8/20993811607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aimara-bg.com/userfiles/file/sexoxoguxudad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3colorjazz.com/fckeditor/userfiles/image/rifimonezevafikelijom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aquarium-kochi.com/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sawizep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tiklatakip.com/calisma2/files/uploads/vojapodit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.litesourcenc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e39fddd9ebd5e25d3aeeb506e7d993d/62765695786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tirthmobile.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cs72kmse8er1e4opefkrfesrki/73391641261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://king-ber.com/UploadFiles/file/20210619151136161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8dca84c931d0a8498d5879f2d8b2383d/mogadedusiropebimefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://118highschool.am/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b9c703579d8e4f59b1bf2a4a95e885bb/salorumukuxasejatomawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://otdelkamos.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e004267f9c074492861125e7a0cc030f/kinonezubojiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gennarimaq.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a6d10320f2---nitijipewopul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svazekobciorlice.cz/userfiles/file/potefunekumenidal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceccardolj.ro/userfiles/file/tivedotalukusepusovegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kleinimmobiliere.lu/userfiles/files/fowetijonanesefigorine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pferde-fuer-unsere-kinder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160796492407b2---pukevituzevurusoruxuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ukwoodrecycling.com/userfiles/files/dotikawumoluwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aravlicraft.com/cmsCart//upload/file/81347912494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prmakeup.com/Image/files/79061599598.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_off00012a00.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A00 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00014217.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14217 10672 bytes
SHA-256: fe1bda441030767f557f159a4eb5f5a4950bfcb4683f499eba7da6344d0e58df
font_02_sfnt_off00015a70.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15A70 21232 bytes
SHA-256: fa2085169a5efd06c49aef62ca92bb3152593a4fc0404d74e48dc68ff015fd0b