Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 137b0f0f4a7523e6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.3 KB Created: 2021-07-21 21:55:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: b22e9b0bfea936a1a6e9deefdd0fc2f3 SHA-1: 8db82329ebe92d916a8cb636d555fa2134d622b4 SHA-256: 137b0f0f4a7523e68889bb0d49d9c7f20449d2c11bc2d1c073e7cfdeaecd5c62
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains a large number of links, many pointing to unknown PDF files hosted on various domains, some of which are associated with compromised CMS uploads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the structure and URL patterns are consistent with malicious PDF lures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9938

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 http://ruresept.ru/files/file/34750084333.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://thankschicken.com/uploads/files/71703915945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pumarecovery.com/userfiles/files/xexafalododapigibinegavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://djarkitek.com/temp/vinney/HTML/userfiles/file/zojiwidiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dermo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b819e645d2---53541264658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dnevi-sekretarjev.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160898aa155ae2---zevigezekegiluniga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://danielbushreunion.com/clients/41596/File/wegudekadavupupuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreevmag.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1653a9f7e302bc5af2303654600925e1/31985286009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osullivanspressurewashing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a918b040971---vufik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beijingxinzhi.com/userfiles/file/20210526083548_2078487139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.duffylighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b902fc02629f8eb066d9986e32967c0c/tekodegamedanowadikemoloz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iwish-cosmetics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160873dc04dacd---juxurid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kindliving.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/todefabeliv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.wiz-fac.com/uploadImg/file/pusuzenuburas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cottonweb.net/userfiles/file/fikuwuriladariguwarejagot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--d1achljw0b.xn--p1ai/content/upload/warapipanirefofig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://law.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6526d68cf555908e5f098b0af100b318/jojeminux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chezgregoire.fr/userfiles/xukopalejeluzujazikalaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbadog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de3e2b1890d7aa24b490cd6aaf6fe27a/13217384926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smilepath.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ab9be480e70b1362e026271b8240267/33641254310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boilerservis.ru/uploads/files/41493811329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saludocupacionalpso.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075ce685f7a1---dotedetowexeni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://behagi.eus/files/galeria/files/pupege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sampsonancestry.com/clients/d/d9/d9bd9208c4e45de01aa31840e3a8c66b/File/51566715738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://corghialberti.it/file/vomone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kudamatsu.org/userfiles/file/piguzit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rjiminfra.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a2e6198c8af36108f4f8919b729c2cbc/buwuzunuxobuzatazabutik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=the+enchanted+cavePDF 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_off0000d3e2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD3E2 9968 bytes
SHA-256: 19498a51551e2113a85e90a07a845ae9a357c1f2cc25f81fac99fec2b8f081f4
font_01_sfnt_off0000e9e6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9E6 17596 bytes
SHA-256: ceecbe837ee65454427cbdd8c6600f24021b47e081ceeeb550f4bb863e948afa
font_02_sfnt_off00011711.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11711 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1