Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0237f63757d508ad…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.7 KB Created: 2021-10-02 20:07:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 476506382ae026821ef68aeebf1ce715 SHA-1: 4fbe8aa6730a664c53ab9393f6af5599ac5c9be8 SHA-256: 0237f63757d508ad61f069aeb44ba1ba7a1c88d02c03f76d0a03982132016d53
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF is identified as an image-only lure, typical for phishing campaigns, which directs users to multiple external URLs. Many of these URLs point to compromised CMS uploads, suggesting a tactic to host malicious content or redirect users to phishing sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9849

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 68 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://onlineadda.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2169882273.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://gabinetortodontyczny.eu/userfiles/file/93418455452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://energy-labels.nl/userfiles/file/duvixixosipixovaxawuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dragoniresorts.com/userfiles/9452593962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://showdetango.com/bafa/userfiles/file/31388160463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.europesolidaire.eu/userfiles/files/gelidutesaxepiwupoxiku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omni-links.com/images/blog/file/bamizokut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itineraire-consulting.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92964945814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://npas.ru/pic/file/92754374891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://karpataljaturizmus.hu/upload/7641745697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erfolgsapp.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161445ec61c0cd---84190888715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aradmissions.com/ci/userfiles/files/zoganokoxuzuzom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abbwingslynnhaven.com/uploads/files/rujum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shinyjewellers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hbctl0b8jj1vinv4vqk6p7sc1r/livijunamefulik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mopron.ru/upload/files/18974090425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://interior-mark.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54666420087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soi.icami.mx/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zazolonetuletekovuzotibel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://futuralagoparking.eu/userfiles/files/95055551628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaifruits.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1615595bcc480d---rekitedejoxameru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nguoixunghekiev.vn/userfiles/file/40372087636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prepearl.com/uploadsfile/kizajelewewidamapuvig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.wiz-fac.com/uploadImg/file/87805403875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bsa.by/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tagatufutuzuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--365-pn7mwb654m2qn.com/ckupload/files/xakonulinosobojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://red-persimmons.com/upfiles/editor/files/wusifoxix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haqwali.biz/files/file/14774409632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=multiple+stepwise+regressionPDF 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_off0000b147.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB147 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c959.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC959 14280 bytes
SHA-256: 5cd085c6defca399b56971063e10484c3d7bcebac7c7441ce2f2cece6c8f755a
font_02_sfnt_off0000ed51.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED51 10444 bytes
SHA-256: 16c0d5f77b879f608c0cdcda59f85f3d54d31642fc13ace385932decc060cfd9