Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f4b36372118c9bcd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.2 KB Created: 2021-09-15 13:12:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: 8ec4ea32a742170d29c4ef1762ee28ca SHA-1: bb0458bc2f0b6aeefe79721cf82da4b92b521663 SHA-256: f4b36372118c9bcdffe2e98df52c4287ec6ed33325ebc637f6b2745f6c99913b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs that function as a link farm, directing users to potentially malicious websites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The presence of multiple compromised CMS upload links and disposable hosting further supports 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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=inshot+is+indian+app PDF link annotation
    • https://ytdrive.com/CKEdit/upload/files/pasegijonatomuvukex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oe.com.tw/ezadmin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wuredoredixib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----itbbfrdrdbd4bgy6gi.xn--p1ai/webroot/files/files/58605665043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aafbladvtgxneccoge3bt.xn--p1ai/pict/file/46253731261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skk.com.hk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wisuwonodugorekok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/230b20947086c415f7afe7eda086a4d0/53365456100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parisnordmedical.fr/docs/file/2782663514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tomaszskiba.com/userfiles/file/nagolugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://commonwealthsportsawards.com/userfiles/file/jakanafubadenit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tavaszitura.eu/userfiles/files/26188910016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oecschool.com/userfiles/file/vovobusonowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://khamtribacninh.com/images/files/80738746940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zenithoverseas.com/assets/userfiles/files/mukejebejuxojunulavar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.moteco.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613794ebbfc39---nufebutujutilis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bearings.vn/images/ckeditor/files/65155448840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gotween.com/userfiles/file///2559554275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naviway.su/upload/files/24754490612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samajsutra.com/userfiles/files/jetuxepovejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daltan.hu/userfiles/file/rotusut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.audifonosdoshoydos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613eb4a4f2242---68220302688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oancora.com/ckfinder/files/61960091898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marciasmithconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/518fdd3ac6910a50bb3607c0f72e9cd8/38593500696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tivicom.vn/upload/files/xedulixugudatibetup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sushiyaslo.com/uploads/files/4981549074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qboardapp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/25903676d93b925bfc2c84ecd80d9098/bazajesuvuvedemosuvaru.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_off0000c812.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC812 17468 bytes
SHA-256: c5b84ae058c65fb4934dd8853dbb02da6ac5ecdc5647b824a2ad640f7865775f
font_01_sfnt_off0000f51e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF51E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010d35.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D35 10164 bytes
SHA-256: f188e4db7ac066fe25f9e9e2f65457b01b08135a48a0129a076ab2e6271c605b