Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f36756eb6aeaf16b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

103.4 KB Created: 2021-06-28 19:52:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: f845614ab9f097fbbede48fcd4c310d1 SHA-1: 7ba7bc649c4196e9917d2231ada4ee278d3e0b4c SHA-256: f36756eb6aeaf16bceabdf82607ab8337cb3747188fb2ef8bfbc7ff116cddf59
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file exhibits characteristics of a phishing or malware distribution lure, as indicated by numerous heuristic firings related to random and compromised CMS upload links. The embedded links likely lead to malicious content, aiming to compromise the user. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://www.olympusnorge.no/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4toteob0glotgd79sa3sg02jqu/mematonoza.pdf
    • http://www.timtransportes.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b56b8840bd---valewujo.pdf
    • http://www.cargeacrew.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a97b614340d---widarivojimadijigoseres.pdf
    • http://veraschwemmle.de/fckdata/file/71321289249.pdf
    • http://hsi-international.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34722835946.pdf
    • http://triumphtoday.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b12400c684---rilaxoruvofofomovop.pdf
    • http://argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e52ljgrrf271d948mqmovrlrtf/jotibugigolimekezapup.pdf
    • http://ettermanenterprises.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21371574580.pdf
    • http://www.icodar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afc69c40897---wazereporetawak.pdf
    • https://eclipsetheaters.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160763f664d86b---wolunevalikavozuti.pdf
    • https://www.etbsupplies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac71c391009---wugenudamegomogojekax.pdf
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5k92ppl5prjet00vbvrcj55gc2/bigoxikadatavokixabulen.pdf
    • https://www.pfgpartners.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160911c09d31fc---bajuzare.pdf
    • https://thriveelearning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eee46422c748c107d6401bf55bedabfd/kagegumagodovi.pdf
    • http://dagmar-e.de/userfiles/file/gabojiz.pdf
    • http://alpha-cp.com/userfiles/file/xitikul.pdf
    • https://givemeit.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/28148622630fbb9b1a6025398edb83b3/3867262209.pdf
    • http://thunderstar.cn/userfiles/file/20210614062429727535319.pdf
    • http://digimaap.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ddlkei96c81o03elummpka90ej/38567397238.pdf
    • http://brainbond.ro/userfiles/file/sajiboxibi.pdf
    • http://a-range.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d2a03601ddd---93860920465.pdf
    • http://cadeco.com/testingsites/advantage_aviation/assets/media/file/dimenujeforofaxevem.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=the+puppet+master+2
    • 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_off00012f45.bin
065ca9c1cdfc9417aa5a893141a356071a48f5c510c2a052ec84bc50e2af977d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F45 10336 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000146ac.bin
60adcc02a03107f10f9db897d725b01b1abd8c3e31d3cd4fe46c67b630eeaf93
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x146AC 19356 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000178c3.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x178C3 16792 bytes