Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fd36a67847741561…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.8 KB Created: 2021-08-21 01:09:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 5c0472beb2767bbd0fe57caa615c090c SHA-1: 5b70257ed2e6f04dbaebcbffbe45d684a6a07910 SHA-256: fd36a67847741561d1e6de1a3b1816d27a99438375b49b3c98d9f240a2a70cd1
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to host malicious files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the embedded URLs are the primary indicators of compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9986

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.oasipizza.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611c1a3604d76---zaxixumojikobabab.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://lifestyleufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ea54e637db876a95729dfb3b16e1d0e/mudewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sakirnoopo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c18aa668d09cee9934bf2270ce331491/kagoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sk-developers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af62f1cc272---50807923778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://developmentassociationofnagaland.org/nbloom/fckuploads/file/56866621646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zonwering-belgie.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jezozavefexojefoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aduanaldelvalle.com/userfiles/file/sifosusadonolexopab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuadernos.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf94dd20ca3---37002043932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://halobysciton.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4f4f390d9b---tazakij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dui-antidote.com/images/userfiles/file/45904533789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/99b9b7ed64ab43ac664b23eed309c400/nobobirevorafinawoded.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wwpokebar.com/uploads/files/sewevelelapuwopagugigin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://voziky-paletove.cz/mctree.cz/pictures/other/files/matuzoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://writtenmail.com/upload_images/file/fofutinevadiliduwenotow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beyondpins.com/calisma2/files/uploads/34707760380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ulrike-mayer.de/userfiles/files/dovada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081644368fe6---72345075681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thucancakoihikari.com/luutru/files/sexovidolonitezunokenigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bubblesoflove.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8eb75345fe---30757382937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ecvbrass.ch/user/web/file/sumunadatilobigixutipilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vytvarnyobchod.cz/UserFiles/File/safojiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.blueoak.fr/image/file/76527742495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baozhaopharm.com/upload/files/99672532316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sandalyecenneti.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4t77jikeoi4ovgsh8kt0pc6r45/48365272227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=how+many+rounds+does+a+standard+ar+15+magazine+holdPDF 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_off0000f417.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF417 17588 bytes
SHA-256: 53ea1e4357e7884b673f35de3b820c91ff1c6f85822a30324f5fbda4135c2c9b
font_01_sfnt_off00012238.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12238 11232 bytes
SHA-256: 525b85353670939493af0741c58e1d11d45058063f421fd3b3465c898a6f2f71
font_02_sfnt_off00013c4d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C4D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1