Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 372bf13ac5859fb8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.3 KB Created: 2021-08-09 00:26:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 0f1d0fa97c1b1842c4a6b28bde3a0367 SHA-1: 748d3258093ca63720201b0f3a20959625b534f8 SHA-256: 372bf13ac5859fb84c89f4d37734b79d06f2e5e9c7399a9c803469414534aaaa
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites. These links likely serve as a link farm to redirect users to malicious content, consistent with phishing or malware delivery. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=why+does+my+nespresso+milk+frother+not+work PDF link annotation
    • https://hightechrustremovers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a38e8a3f9ae---20024685129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radiopopiatej.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160da2d0af3447---ketelajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elmundodelapiscina.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/deful.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geotersrl.it/file/43222670007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn-----6kcabagcgfjsxjciriy6alkh6a7aqk.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/250d5077a9f263cbe7da65162090694e/98499493920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.arc-welding.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vtnt01tk4ucjvkiamc1iroa2p5/75454469203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://songhandiban.com/uploadfile/file/2021071310210773499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cosmikkino.ru/sadm_files/28544936448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://milcontabil.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r10am2k72pm4r8s9oo5rvmjmg2/77982168407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smarttactic.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093b4297532c---dazafugenuwalimeku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://driver-jazda.pl/upload/file/94744779010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wilsonbarrera.com/inicio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7a1fa7d116---wupobunogebuzileveludufem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atlantichomeportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4f8937a874---21587840741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banphimchuot.com/userfiles/file/bijibokajagekoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://menu2uplus.com/images/file/viwisobomamaweriwelin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mediacomriccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac2e050452a---25099481313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gulertrafik.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d0eujafqbu3cjosfe5dsqk08va/94756939162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arserwood.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210627115736470283sappzg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/17561a53a9b05775ea7d74316e6c0885/62191170505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pericosrentcar.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160725f7930c81---tefagotuzefivoxaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightsourceindiana.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ff6bbf22214a1f24dba070a242e07e9/bekexululerikozubinoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodeli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b900dbcafdf---dolutejasadolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa4cbca5834---2047195039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://macauroommate.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rigujasozaxis.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_off0001017c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1017C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011993.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11993 10884 bytes
SHA-256: eae2c42fb39b41b9388bdb839b8b9f77db92e683c08a214342c1325ae68842ec
font_02_sfnt_off00013289.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13289 16948 bytes
SHA-256: b21f743f64cbcc427f562d4804bc580010c6ed8d0627cd75b9ca196ade306c2a