Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 372009ffacb39681…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.6 KB Created: 2021-09-05 08:29:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: c9f7bb42aa94afb41e576819858ec1fc SHA-1: a09c84a4ebc3be161276ff5fedd58e9916bed71b SHA-256: 372009ffacb396817e15c8bd1fb848e4c779c430431e1fe62a3da38b9782941c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. The presence of multiple PDF link farm heuristics further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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://www.sarajevo-inn-grunewald.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16116cc1a1cafb---jidaluwikofir.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://transfertrolley.cn/d/files/pebudotejuxibaberug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc021.com/userfiles/file/20210715172710_xpfbvs.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xlspandoek.nl/userfiles/file/95018264150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inlikeflintlogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160957426f25ee---98297516450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kiuanai.com/userfiles/file/mubazasodonixademikux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.burit.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab57a0cfa5d---jifolegixuzok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balaji-technology.com/userfiles/file/70340314155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://51-lq.com/userfiles/file///pitutowigigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ziconiavip.com/uploadfck/file/vigasunutuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rizecanreklam.com/images/file/84176032591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hanedantoptan.com/upload/files/zibanosanuduv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://begili.com/uploads/image/files/wagonogik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.burit.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b1f4b07634---xarubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://capitaldanceacademy.com/userfiles/files/80680951134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elturo.ru/img/upload/files/nitalivigulonelefasixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theemperorsoldclothes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b57rosdm9ld7ptb45890l4u5um/suxubabotenulemigepus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tjsijiqing.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2021/0803/dd8cc7eeb6b49416833afca147d000f5.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rath-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d742d1123f---86032531276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anjingliar.com/contents//files/41891897908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evocative.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608770a3785ef---96082314801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://noithatachau.vn/webroot/img/files/bosapini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://auf.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1noe6pei37m13dbspf8ecria72/wesufitovetef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://test-immo.com/file/17868655039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiakaha.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/22meb07cst2a27tlggi5f80js5/zexudakibokutisobazej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=dinastia+estuardo+pdfPDF 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_off000117e9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117E9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00013000.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13000 10544 bytes
SHA-256: 4dd6162bb18768d3f0fab3ddcbb33e27f91ef0b57ec2e0179cb59dbc79732255
font_02_sfnt_off00014823.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14823 18684 bytes
SHA-256: ce74002fc0a0a1c9329e7489b6470a838aace4658dd9e74fb9bff87a1f46aab3

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