Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 037a6cdd9fefdc7a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.0 KB Created: 2021-06-27 03:38:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: aa65501c6d1d881509797caee86ee7aa SHA-1: 7348ac7f65dd2b0a99008169aaaab23d84195a7d SHA-256: 037a6cdd9fefdc7a5c6026de7ce066b11f51d6a71f0dd7b646be4124b736c87d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The file contains numerous links to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9935

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=modern+physics+for+engineers+by+sp+taneja+pdf+download PDF link annotation
    • https://medok18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8200b2adc94dc4042a206eeea2605d00/89420666679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeronautike.com/userfiles/file/zijutilerepanilukugamuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elbag.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a74b2088a6ba96a143774033d4fd6b73/bolabidirepakovero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sieckultury.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8a5319d593d28961eee1606108a7db5b/gijanalujosapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ernfd423f68u3uvoa1g81eoqc7/monerumidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.schroedersales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/00fce8426e58c619d250bd19b420f82e/xepaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zoncmswebsitebeheer.nl/files/editor/file/94365021461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ekolojikweb.net/upld/userfiles/file/nixogemuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amfmeg.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f031c050c0---58595835750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dishdivvy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6af0674f07c470b17427f306d1144658/wubovagarumejonolupowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://didaconcept.com/admin/fckeditor/file/28904901299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jimenez-casquet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc2997439a3---24527420476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lowdoc-loans.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160834e73dc261---xomijiloz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oiweld.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/042e3e4e73a14290b02dd57866606787/71557295338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sandzthabapanel.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607db1a2c0c9c---lapopizudururedir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baaningdoi.com/file_media/file_image/file/tesafegipizawezaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benevolo.it/userfiles/files/wewubaveduwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vetranhtuongmamnon.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ernpuoo882d7uoftp3kdc403f1/febirilixagew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.capitalroofingct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160978cd0de720---lejepen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamesirvinewedding.com/clients/f/f9/f947a18657f5d77a8fcd192ffd4ccf25/File/wowigovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eandjfamilyhealthcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/da4ef1747b914fc2af42bb6553b7c1ef/83564820547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gz-topstar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/45f2883db522f275673a409137de8887/65265717904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alemotta.com/resources/original/file/64454438022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediaget.com/userfiles/files/85212711994.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_off0001070b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1070B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011f1d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F1D 18440 bytes
SHA-256: 5dd574f9af0d2fc0da6c8c0f044efd311de09abeecd21a57376d573e1e90832b
font_02_sfnt_off00014fa8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14FA8 11364 bytes
SHA-256: c9fd7105611eef4b039c6ea1a19c27ec073cf5b5e46128fb71795fe724ae473d