Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 836f7730cd7c840f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.7 KB Created: 2021-06-26 00:22:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 047223f3f4633ca506ce1fef7a522b46 SHA-1: d64f30b3b4d7ef433bdbaf5e12ffba459d440baf SHA-256: 836f7730cd7c840fe4757cfcec1541720cb1ee5adca5aac50c01adcf9dd918d1
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. It functions as a link farm, presenting numerous URLs that point to compromised CMS upload directories, likely serving as a distribution point for further malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports a malicious intent to trick users into downloading payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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 http://www.holderit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c506771e7e---dibepelewowuwi.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://organicfertilizerproduction.com/d/files/vukezamezikapifowilawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seoulsquare.com/userfiles/file/27133122496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1atlanticfunding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098132bb05a8---56761916928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ag-concept.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f08386dffd8314eae12664481c9d5d86/29145250667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchiriereelicopterromania.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7609512722---detatokalir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmdschoolandcollege.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jd67c8664o476qr6d3e6i464b1/zifiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pchs1967.com/clients/b/b3/b38b0c0be7ceca4b309dcb684d78a7c5/File/nozadek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://billsky.ee/files/file/wuzanojuzujekefari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pal-kont.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/12809aa84150e09f3cb19d485b28ce8b/65799849652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eau-msu.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zusemuwixosifezuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iideree.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e10846b4e4---jozuwuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hk-dcc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3nffqkip5cuki7ob3bk1d80j67/gomawibimafijiwipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://promise-land.com/upload/file/geroge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ekolojikweb.net/upld/userfiles/file/xudiguz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polinagerz.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8tdejde3septrsl9h80cn5vnak/bevax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.myhhsi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/32e5d63ea8e072a8c9c2454fe57caf1b/42946851365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chetanaus.org/bheru/uploadfiles/file/46526597783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakecountyoralsurgery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bed8414db2---40157161788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aartipalette.com/userfiles/file/zozefosunil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuyewpilot.academy/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/adae9fa045efad5e08c4144c723489bf/26756800252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antik-cafe-bergen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3dd9ca1330---widiboza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thehawthornnyc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085fee937b42---gukanowogafoteram.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=collective+agreement+sunPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000db4e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB4E 17160 bytes
SHA-256: a445b64f84d7d6cb16d6a3515576406c784b5ffc9ad32a873a291f9a037accfe
font_01_sfnt_off000108a3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108A3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000120ba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120BA 10768 bytes
SHA-256: f2ad526dbb9866318dc62c9e5692088625a8fca0a1dd84f2f1051aa1125e5194