Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 037a947fb078a8c6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.9 KB Created: 2021-09-06 11:38:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 3fb23e8ee26441c9d1a9f292733b4914 SHA-1: 3c5a264204c462c59a1e4e9a761066957c748d44 SHA-256: 037a947fb078a8c611fabe90de9866562b9e095a71c7994834e6154e18434ecb
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The file also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to potentially compromised or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to phishing or malware download sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature, likely as a phishing lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://85097781.com/upload/files/84501573544.pdf
    • http://gitishahjahanpur.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15477840274.pdf
    • http://miwon.com.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/36913423151.pdf
    • https://cashmeredreams.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/517bacc04398de28c3a1f33c798f8651/27364644877.pdf
    • http://ozari-ua.com/files/file/jonudegepovogalizutaladux.pdf
    • https://airbays.com/userfiles/file/11718771977.pdf
    • https://balance-global.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2mt69vagnt1iasm0f171tuq8a1/kixivo.pdf
    • https://minervatech.work/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jotajubegow.pdf
    • http://www.apsetedavisi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d8f69e4b37---lugodumedizezazitotut.pdf
    • https://highrise.pl/file/lulovojufariwosiwupavusak.pdf
    • http://vintageguitar.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80201600527.pdf
    • http://etcad.net/np/upfile/file/37595702758.pdf
    • http://mko-yug.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f7e53232d8499552f22d9c954e62a57e/43796335166.pdf
    • http://melissajacksonmd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f60eaeb826a---54606031051.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9d3e4b9e0c---71345382681.pdf
    • https://joefairless.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/47d5dae7ba8eb4c503bd8643a1e84f0b/33785490785.pdf
    • https://intersensor.ro/v2011/Files/fck_upload/file/luxadanivemeso.pdf
    • http://lamorenj.com/userfiles/files/36873127010.pdf
    • http://tndgdemo2.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tetuzerugodirikisane.pdf
    • https://argumentua.com/i/file/toziwajelituk.pdf
    • https://dtcprojects.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l93pv93ve082eoe0p4r6mtsk00/nuloniruratatijizoliz.pdf
    • http://omonetach.pl/foto/ilustracje/file/guwojemofenorimo.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=fur+elise+piano+score+pdf
    • 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_off0000d691.bin
420689d10050be5067388c90fe21c985f8c77bbc3b2f5794582c9bb95c429c0d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD691 18264 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000105e1.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105E1 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011df8.bin
f026f44a00f2be10f847389a16ad33ae002f137f1a79c7fecb825672ef29c7b5
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DF8 10592 bytes