Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c36114b55edaf7ea…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.2 KB Created: 2021-06-26 22:51:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: d728a37d442c2ad8d7a4149b94e46ae9 SHA-1: 0a2e7d842902a6046ac93d676c16953c50d78ff0 SHA-256: c36114b55edaf7ea0eeeb3170178a18a1923ff20bd088419cfd960aee0eddc3f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external URLs, some of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The presence of these links suggests a phishing or malware distribution scheme, potentially leveraging the compromised sites to host malicious content or redirect users to malicious pages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+long+to+keep+leftover+chicken
    • https://drainscovers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/08a7b3f37f3a04d6dd505ef624c6152e/favojefipamawakig.pdf
    • http://sakem.org/userfiles/files/53093179674.pdf
    • https://insights3.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e4afe8ceab131b67064226f2e83d42e6/61402673398.pdf
    • https://xn----7sbabak5acz7byau.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d636484011ffaa9f3bec5a5a1f22ac09/34743291083.pdf
    • http://drstevealbrecht.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ada0cf8d9582c7caa6d90445b3f00ab3/87403580108.pdf
    • http://agiusfuneraldirectors.com/files/file/falimi.pdf
    • http://shmountaineering.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/djsu3fnobs2u4ltakbmahr5d20/79192086920.pdf
    • http://cityhelps.org/clients/6/61/61afa7a028a8e04f14432b0fece6f2b0/File/lonan.pdf
    • https://amalighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b9c2f4b0f26be2ff7c3f7e23597e211a/60936134677.pdf
    • https://evocative.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8511c07956---vetaxi.pdf
    • https://djhelaly.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4c3ad44864b51f2f5d999a7c261d006e/xuxemurumiguwozeza.pdf
    • http://mousike.it/img_ins/files/desixukofew.pdf
    • https://bentzendesign.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b46728e49f8---51359225962.pdf
    • http://rufullthrottle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fbc7d94da1---30647529492.pdf
    • http://bluekeydigital.com/images/pic/file/fulewonedudiziwarezoxat.pdf
    • http://fitviewer.de/files/file/kevivujokesolot.pdf
    • http://poexali.org/static/image/_u/system/files/nofowetifipak.pdf
    • http://www.commandinglife.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090c590d72d2---kesinakidijomuj.pdf
    • http://eduomania.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a34e6aa31cc---4496776998.pdf
    • http://www.hotel-margherita.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c831b0822d---lozirarejexakifivot.pdf
    • http://anhuicrew.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-10/20210510053047788364.pdf
    • https://suhrsmad.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a14e9945073---lesodurivawejoril.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00010604.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10604 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011e16.bin
950ca0fa2b0cb82791b2798792f7f86a9595bebb201b781aa9fd306dd799b39c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E16 18704 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00014de6.bin
5b0fa71311d248695beb190fc9ce64c6d9737314446651ac49f13f398fe5658f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14DE6 10664 bytes