Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d036837de9d1e780…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.9 KB Created: 2021-08-18 12:53:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: e5900f493879ef28d2de88a0279e10dc SHA-1: 60fdf46331254155dfbcabd63364f00b53fc92df SHA-256: d036837de9d1e7805d89b21ade0fa6778540ec20f7371a1f5311d0f0f70bb019
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and an ML classifier indicated a high probability of maliciousness. The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to host or redirect to malicious content. The presence of embedded JavaScript indicates an intent to execute code within the user's PDF viewer.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9940

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 http://discoveryenglish.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078dc48aa7a6---63296585393.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://angelescare.com/userfiles/file/manororowiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bubblesoflove.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d2a4c37d98---47948938742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tragadsonisurat.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68481597285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skyrun-arser.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210623020613832458enfd9b.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cortopolis.ar/userfiles/file/zomeruzaxugukizomisetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maxflowfans.com/userfiles/file/gijeged.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mysmilestudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/90199d6d49aa70acb452ff192b3507de/46714018582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olivierdaulte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wazaziwafaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frennphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fc58007cd3---70727728179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://didaconcept.com/admin/fckeditor/file/3077665012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cristalparkhotel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28546394540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shannonlakeestates.org/fck_images/file/1668473462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ezibra.pl/upload//file/2166744405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.caslyn.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081fe2e051c1---xolirojibakidovimat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.etbsupplies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090df8697606---20078642904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hit-education.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mi7h6if7d1uhgk5upd9k29tm7q/tuzimaduditovugedilot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sk-uralstroy.ru/uploads/files/71694241878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thingsantiquesla.com/userfiles/files/gixunosonifemitugidiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1j5t71n2tbhia0sq8utihcn9a2/41308912205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eijo.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85916386928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agiusfuneraldirectors.com/files/file/83928537625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.themeshcowork.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1df387a9ddfdcc40a8d7141368e4b9b1/rupekomewoporenina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=tu+hi+meri+duniya+jahan+ve+mp3+song+download+djjohalPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000df7b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF7B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f78d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF78D 17988 bytes
SHA-256: 87de6805a17e5f1b55b103be9d7392a4687f593cc863b3653a9a2e45358de8e8
font_02_sfnt_off000126f5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126F5 16400 bytes
SHA-256: 3aec09ae803a7a46ae413df02c8ca344797585bd6840ce04c938b57b656bb6ae
font_03_sfnt_off00013d4f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13D4F 11372 bytes
SHA-256: 52c3047baf6363fd1c76afbe33a69f4ea295f1578c4083155b73ae0c56e9aa22