Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e36bf13350804176…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.8 KB Created: 2021-09-07 23:30:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 98fa1722c1431fa405ac8a55eb4e3e74 SHA-1: 00e735ad31de15c4314f967113b0ecb9e7d4ac69 SHA-256: e36bf133508041764629a12080c98dbda1a516fc693e0fc0768f5766bde25fea
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. Heuristics indicate the PDF is part of a link farm, with many external URIs pointing to potentially compromised websites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9963

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://samsung-service-center.ru/uploads/files/kisarusupopefapikiv.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://fosterfreezesantarosa.com/uploads/files/pemijegorenoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musikpark-live.de/userfiles/file/69098320662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rasathantrananotech.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21521447228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://due.pt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gagojidokexudalulekudave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iamsoldierfit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3aaf87c2ef---96221062669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clearlakesd.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f69374c6d97---53825722210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kcpsystem.com/userData/board/file/burazade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ks4073.com/file_media/file_image/file/veturosiguziwatadifiwopov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://criteriacambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rjufile5tgm1o693jdrlg1cdtr/bexokorogekavelometonoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srmhospitalities.com/images/bulk_images/files/baniraludurafew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manisafar.com/basefile/marcosafarir/files/radujefupozopabikuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elcampoeco.org/FCKeditor/file/21967296151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://labellebeaute.com.hk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jatejedewusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kantankacreative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a1ccc9f9b3148b8b00c4ba851f54a87/67930410378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myphamso1.net/uploads/files/xosewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuhocxuatnhapkhau.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/95011303644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yumasri.com/assets/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tolanotim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://music-summer-courses.eu/upload/files/28734860978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sgestrecho.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c349e842435---38376855903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiajitutop.com/contents//files/55217591043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nexusmediation.nl/files/jixoniwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=luger+p08+airsoft+manualPDF 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_off0000c5f0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC5F0 11088 bytes
SHA-256: 309e4418705173dd8ebaebad11ee9527b20fe2a4eb561e1af6d3310c7abcadb6
font_01_sfnt_off0000dfbb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFBB 18048 bytes
SHA-256: 569a92a6bd25f95a1c3ea8d806ab7e7db1076eae055c6f282f91011e53ddda80
font_02_sfnt_off00010df3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DF3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1