Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 936808ab5a789583…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.6 KB Created: 2021-09-18 11:13:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 0d6aa8b03d555db13269a8a41f51df5c SHA-1: c0c01c44f00ab255d7af761bdc737e0d3391a298 SHA-256: 936808ab5a78958393500942b894a327234c2b469aa2176b59f42e57e255c4f1
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The sample is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or are part of link farms, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The primary function appears to be redirecting users to potentially harmful external content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=android+full+backup+to+mac PDF link annotation
    • https://3rproject.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zukoxasewivofatuja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edu-soft.ru/site/htmlimages/file/guxufinuvawago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stauarchitetti.eu/userfiles/files/5700777083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zenmobile.in/jaipriyart/uploads/files/nurewotupoxijufug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhakhoasaigonkimcuong.com/uploads/images/files/nuxawawufivewawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchiriereelicoptere.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137308f7ad4a---wavagizaxuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-leuven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16142156951d35---zopudowetetumosibuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marcelasemper.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131882f04c98---58509529378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tonmathunglan.vn/upload/files/12035546190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andrenickels.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/koguzovoniwosakatuxodesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maloneslandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140b8fb2d6d7---jukowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uetty.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28984668070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sieuthimaytinhcu.vn/upload/files/jomevifatulajefojofojeji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://egca.fr/userfiles/file/feduwigepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fge-service.com/userfiles/file/28544551707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ijmsir.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jureniz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emotionalgift.youngzonejewelry.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zumopodujonasafedajonun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joefairless.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c229a30808e73003eea69e7ad15f215/dimonav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aynadakikemalizm.com/resimler/files/vaxisan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hnc2.com/userfiles/file/36052073604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alajwakh.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/guwebafona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://partner-support.net/user_data/userfiles/files/sozevamisezokotuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://big-blue-bus.com/pics/fotos/1/file/luborigofuxewajiva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pickup-ws.com/userfiles/files/laderaruvekebisoxobexesej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaz.sk/editor_uploads/files/15047379862.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_off0000e32b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE32B 10796 bytes
SHA-256: 5b37f81df58f7bd89b14abeea2edff9893b6b0e1ecfd51992fd2ba47d56eb9d9
font_01_sfnt_off0000fbca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBCA 17264 bytes
SHA-256: 9faf6c4cea17af9718a53a42ba685c193f90c4101e6d15a76c339d86143dd01d
font_02_sfnt_off000128ab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x128AB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1