Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c36131046549d064…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.0 KB Created: 2021-09-20 06:12:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 91a4f9f96504e555db80d488e772f744 SHA-1: 4b2dcdeb8e76944cf560e7448ceb9446d4b9b115 SHA-256: c36131046549d0643223a498232b4f50bd0bb7996904663ae9c9b42f7afd5c53
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Numerous heuristics point to the PDF acting as a link farm, directing users to various external URLs, some hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains. The presence of embedded URLs suggests an attempt to redirect users to phishing or malware download sites, aligning with the 'Spearphishing Attachment' technique.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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.
  • 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=dua+for+sick+friend PDF link annotation
    • http://dulichtantai.com/files/uploaded/files/33600275082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mosallaesf.ir/uploads/ck/files/bikagizawidekakoxomadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.akutrans.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f021d39394---sebiwapuwedirewodut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maxlinder.com/admin/assets/ckfinder/userfiles/files/4527013912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eg-connect.com/uploads/editorfiles/file///viluwife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jindatunnel.com/up_files/file/jetuxalaruzas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkwestresidences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161437f070e9b4---40648771675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://178.62.148.222:300/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pudizovatu.pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://feniks9.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bemotirufizikiruwumeriwem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haki.vn/uploads/files/23932080683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antitumor.org/filespath/files/20210916041441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://52963566.com/upload/file/202109151724057427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.thecandystoresudbury.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/71ern85l3pvus5srsgbf2b2mki/kidokupefubopasuferovig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shopgraeagle.com/ckeditor/uploads/files/40207463918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alcera.ca/userfiles/file/58194518617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aarushimukhwas.idealviews.com/userfiles/files/vabib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orthocarecentroortopedico.it/userfiles/files/75486794719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gabrielamaciel.net/images/content/file/kawetobinovifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://td-mg.ru/uploads/files/pawepaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ssmahavidyalaya.org/lion/uploadedfiles/fck/files/file/63773129843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fminterativa.net/cms/plugins/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wabelemifubomoliselunora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taispacedesign.com/upload/files/90377724606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://01host.ru/userfiles/files/venopenefupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.spoton.pet/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ejqevtn7ge0usiup6mc5pqpd7/76461608436.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_off0000b4fe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB4FE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cd10.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD10 15064 bytes
SHA-256: 1d40e86ca3a9fdcb79c192bc5990c2260b94985dc446ae7a463e4b79fce05501
font_02_sfnt_off0000f2c6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2C6 10516 bytes
SHA-256: 12a960c6d5f96974ee5a5bb9401a4aae9312cdec536c4e817a74c07e796e8685