Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c36fc1023bba0f21…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.4 KB Created: 2021-07-16 03:48:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: f7bafaa49837249f918db18da73e2b40 SHA-1: 4ed1a5c15c9544e2c93ee3cbb3f5f83d9e557142 SHA-256: c36fc1023bba0f211aba18a29d8eb8ecba7040362f1c56cffc9032f2ba003e19
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains a large number of links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating it functions as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of numerous links on disposable hosting and compromised CMS uploads reinforces this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://wscnaturalhealings.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dbe10f0d2d3f8fcded4909ba62eebbd8/36688267027.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://asude.istanbul/ck_images/files/82509998437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://busankid.com/webfiles/board/file///82780620107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tunglamgarden.com/images/fck/file/zuvodizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://esteticarcare.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8bec3ffa13b083841bde82d68511ed4a/timuke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.brunosistemi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d2755553de3---wivil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lushexperiences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076ec7c0f01b---febuvewovuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ifacemount.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l6bbc0dj7pn1mcqjr90ibnk857/69555618949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smithmaloney.com/clients/3/32/32eae1a42220421eddab78da2f55685d/File/72232134960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aawyx.com/sites/default/imageuser/file/wokexazizoporawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bravo-hk.com/userfiles/file/rodurinelomimunukoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leesii.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a95cbcad4ea---14355355548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursaceviritercume.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e05af52cb3d---58612761174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bisnismedsos.com/userfiles/file/texerelirozifez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.darrellstuckey.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cfbc8b08095---704160533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cyuanmei.com/userfiles/file/26607526103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pck.malopolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/52753105dac376cc88d487979447a016/zapugepaporoduwimiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accessiblevehicleservices.com/userfiles/file/51180724895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medob.org/SITE/files/editor/file/15597521825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f518cd4da2---8628423735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://madonnina.info/userfiles/files/rivepowinevelinofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lynxitservices.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67832591198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://designcoordinators.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081126979d3c---gelefufumegitema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wearebryants.com/clients/3/3b/3bb22ab34fb8fe691aabc4d0498f9caa/File/rujerapaxomor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cullinanconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t8190ve7fnj8prluccsmpivi58/55035240412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=burning+flame+imagesPDF 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_off0000c65e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC65E 10492 bytes
SHA-256: 9468d8ca7145d9f0a528b9faf870228e38595ca07ff4f86942d763c8e59c4957
font_01_sfnt_off0000de21.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE21 16188 bytes
SHA-256: 093e9067ae0df494af6fc4462fcaa6448dbc9ed910a90e0b524444c450c55f66
font_02_sfnt_off0001085b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1085B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1