Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2737097a2c8d9878…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.7 KB Created: 2021-07-13 21:53:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: c02f5ff0cad2cab16cb2d38379d6da93 SHA-1: 0e7b1794593e6181062926cb27dd0ce239396ee6 SHA-256: 2737097a2c8d98782d554993153694225ed9286ee16c6fb769939e7843e6971c
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or link farms. The heuristic 'SE_PAYMENT_REDIRECT_LURE' strongly suggests a phishing attempt related to financial transactions. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further confirm its malicious nature, likely serving as a lure to download further malicious content or steal credentials.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Payment redirection / bank-detail change lure high SE_PAYMENT_REDIRECT_LURE
    Document describes new or changed bank, wire, ACH, IBAN, SWIFT, or routing instructions — a high-value business-email-compromise pattern
  • 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=evening+lottery+3+%26+4+digit PDF link annotation
    • http://xn--dlek-5qa.com/admin/UserFiles/file/3052048566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majoriscambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070a76ae4033---22825727210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aire-limpio.com/img/editor/file/14983295924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8atvjt18l073ckh033nnjfvab7/matozugupos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.injamal.es/nueva/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34128179297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedcheckcashadvance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b83b16dd1cc---66085599583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b73b4e4c829---70042932597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ehblending.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f377444fbacee30b69d6176e1a3b4b0b/67751951209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allcreaturesinc.com/files/files/22155091229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://weclassof86.com/clients/6/6d/6dc59c75684a9be5e3a4726337e2fa3a/File/jokagifemozebuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soba05.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ca83c58dc07d7eea29b7fe3c8861b520/60531453811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://penzionriverside.cz/files/file/92602110897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dtcprojects.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i6j7np907bitipe5isa15o4ovk/14101376486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://givemeit.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a5d7c0bbdec4c8e49eadd3b0152e8fd/genupepufumokedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://norilskgu.ru/userfiles/file/nabunowakajap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://juhaszautovill.hu/userfiles/file/34802004330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://action-roofing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/257d4c9447afe803afdddf707603576e/kozorejefap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://focostrade.com/files/20210612072551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cor.org.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6a8dgjh91afbpvqq5t8p82hjl6/wudezuxasanonejubibavevep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.caribbeandentist.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609aaeb0d64bb---dogopolisegogaremowoxilab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://docando.es/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rofexizanefuzagow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edwardlankin.com/clients/86087/File/34762800317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myappartement.de/web/editor/files/talewaluwelirofiseveb.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_off0000eb3f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB3F 17552 bytes
SHA-256: 1fb67585d2b25caecdb1c606d3b905fd1f6483e6e3bb90bff5b045c05841a59f
font_01_sfnt_off0001190e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1190E 10288 bytes
SHA-256: 5a3b36d6178b6129ecc391e30d304eb9f490f40991e5bacac2eb0e44bea7c2be
font_02_sfnt_off00013063.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13063 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1