Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 936361b30ef3f50a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.5 KB Created: 2021-08-13 18:52:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 6cf0f3238ace46cee2cabc8a6203a48f SHA-1: 294ded1c70705cd2ccdf0060a33439a03819d8ff SHA-256: 936361b30ef3f50a67bb10b9ab686f8521b802f72c4ee4eb4d08e61b1cce5a8f
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document that contains multiple links pointing to compromised websites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The presence of embedded URLs and link farms on disposable hosting further supports this assessment, likely serving as a lure to a second-stage payload or phishing page.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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://polinagerz.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pkgk4sk9jm6arch0c3ik8mn2h5/33308064068.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://muszempilla.com/files/file/gosozanuvatadokivore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuzvedo.hu/elemek/file/nusobilaxejutel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://triumphtoday.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0c2657df8e---92063814676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gdwtechnology.com/fckeditor/file/96901442903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://roocenter.ru/upload/file/nivakulaxekebomapadar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kuzeyilac.com/resimler/files/51131015022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sanier.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i9qdk5u1lcb15pqgafb4t7dp03/gajesusevekopudakobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://interstudy.net/userfiles/file/51062844739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://holzweiss.at/75002629490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jhannahs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c704ee12281---talufuketiwilapipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antwerp-rentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ec2576f565---76528289474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bischofs-scheune.de/userfiles/file/pigogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://provisionsinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b30781ab16f---kilonamafajarufitelixizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sciattella.net/images/file/kijevetumetewanoxanobarep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avis-medical.ma/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/57837a0683684d8aa8d28b6143482896/40417898650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://optimus.org.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a9916727fb---7208204921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mwasafat.com/uploads/files/50313613091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forumhotel.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/timd173g7gkop94nbv386vqeo7/dewidav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tlproduct.com/userfiles/file/bolim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/978as6sl907boqsoh5m47f5uq0/gitesalinake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banhangcongnghe.com/upload/FCK/file/zifos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vallejardin.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f7336e27d9b466150dd596687fb77b6/89577336038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aykutemlak.com/upload/ckfinder/files/mosozenibunuxapuwati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+apply+for+food+stamps+due+to+covid+19PDF 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_off0000f09a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF09A 16832 bytes
SHA-256: 21ab1bd4ce509ae2fdc453497da8a8b8f7f5aba7b061e7a33b5d92e613e2ab8b
font_01_sfnt_off00011c4a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C4A 11256 bytes
SHA-256: 32f9c26a076f129949ce295782abcaffc8ce5a7a82a2e1cdcd27ca3883b13de3
font_02_sfnt_off000136e2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x136E2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1