Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 237e131b38b98ff3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.1 KB Created: 2021-09-05 09:13:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 3d06274482206319bef698be9ccff934 SHA-1: c76a6a1b475743b044f57907b3ea525cd2fe7a93 SHA-256: 237e131b38b98ff321c2805794c252a4f36054c827cc6f91322486b20210cbd1
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDF documents.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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 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://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=transformation+of+sentences+table+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://workcoop.org/fckeditor/userimages/file/20210703024226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.keystonecare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b423ea5232e8a734843853707f09c91c/tugunoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gdlianyu.com/uploadfiles/file/zanipobolomari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://afghansolar.com/userfiles/file/zalukorazedogevovuke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamstudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/84ba81244d0ae6d323d1d788c05d31ce/nafusekoxilego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroi-sistema.ru/img/vorevowaxir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://powermailer.in/userfiles/file/foxiseridegogumivopezazaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cinstech-inspect-survey.com/fckeditor_userfiles/file/62689294409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sandalyecenneti.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p9kv57m8nms3lkeft322aslslh/wegixiwis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchiriereelicoptere.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160989b5a9c6b5---50477347579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbetelparaguay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/38b4c2b82b97cacae01a88682dc4372f/sobebovebovosokabasusare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actaviaserica.org/board/file/files/97984543096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sasalidayanisma.org/uploads/file/3037206158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d3add77a8c9d84f7e6f29dfd40c26209/37452447460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://surmounttravel.com/userfiles/files/piropili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fitnessrev.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cir773ba4ejupk561jjn0k8ae4/53722681740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinhwajudan.com/userData/board/file/41622192028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jatechkj.pl/upload/fck/file/35772239940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laneopx.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aaec8e661ce---31632715515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paloaltospeakerseries.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8596d29f446bd2da5b4fb408c613f2ca/vukenaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160790638c68c2---mudefuwutatedibuterak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bienenaktuell.com/sites/bienenaktuell.com/files/file/ziviji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://noithatphathuy.com/Images_upload/files/71011958277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thesecurityguardunion.ca/userfiles/files/nuwufajogofuxuriferiziw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garage-fuji.jp/js/upload/files/26093667787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sahrugs.com/userfiles/file/34611090544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelristorantenovecento.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fc7022c7978a0c79f51105875a84c703/19435582070.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_off0000eea6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEA6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000106b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106B8 19524 bytes
SHA-256: f1e220931f80fcb9cf0bd17ca1de8333413381673930b7fc90226e7bf454db7d
font_02_sfnt_off000139ef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x139EF 10884 bytes
SHA-256: a1aae020208ad4c606de680bc709c36c95fd04906acce4df485e7c7f2fb2084f