Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b36112e67af848d8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

109.1 KB Created: 2021-08-08 00:17:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 9c4280d549154a3610df1b19683afa22 SHA-1: 2dd793fbc14c54f53d8402838f2015d8a5016fe2 SHA-256: b36112e67af848d87411ec973d0157d7ddd2763676d853f4c15fd587021c8df7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and contains embedded JavaScript. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=actor+who+plays+sherlock+holmes+brother PDF link annotation
    • https://apexforestservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4204b61802---65315212043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.c2commercial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f353fc035db2a79ac420233f2612fdf3/rizukow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dchs80.com/clients/c/cb/cbc185099defa3274d3d4f74835fd64f/File/rogaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glosunspa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fc48541f20---wulisewebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://certifiedmoversinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bff8930a9326db4b6593a298fe2645a0/nipijinizudafidudexipug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://falconartistmanagement.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zuzovusinusojoteja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globalazeri.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6lh6a6j37empqasn4n7044pcn3/39311713121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schmetterlingsgaerten.de/file/tewuzoguvajonevakoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toromecanicorodeo.com/files/rekenedivazufiteg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vividconcept.in/userfiles/file/dobagorijusesegaxola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chiangmaicharmingtravel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xizutadijogasamuxogokeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://controlcert.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fe37d446a6---40150545062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frennphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608111d8be113---78826649720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abapaposentados.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d2a797a507---xuwojunugamuvukukam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.akutrans.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbd42f86ca7---roxabigobimagugizim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tai-group.com/upload/files/39342208552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gamaconsultores.cl/upload/file/83516588657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaaexpressac.com/userfiles/file/zogifomaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sequoia60.com/clients/875776/File/61128556975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eminesenlikoglu.org/resimler/files/boxekosofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://euhoca.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gexifenisosoxuzep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mikomisushi.com/uploads/files/12360240539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veraschwemmle.de/fckdata/file/36045062214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://meganimal.pt/site/upload/file/12895511631.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_off000147b1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x147B1 17208 bytes
SHA-256: 335665cb07931fa3e56e0b5d33c9ccfdf819c22623f555f454f675de52705656
font_01_sfnt_off000174bb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x174BB 10856 bytes
SHA-256: aca8f36b11694c22f06924e1126c0f70efa9518c6417afd0a99ae203e812749d
font_02_sfnt_off00018dcd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18DCD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1