Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 37397431b2936f70…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.6 KB Created: 2021-08-17 08:14:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: da2c3c5158ea8611e2789927bad9bb6b SHA-1: 734f36129341a4c6eeb5a2afeec4c9720edd3ff1 SHA-256: 37397431b2936f70797de1024f08c296e9b52c5b93cc44760ca07a38cf84d78e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malware. The presence of a visual download button further supports a phishing or malware distribution lure. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=alvin+and+the+chipmunks+2+tamil+movie+download PDF link annotation
    • http://dodici12.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a3knp5so63j13ga28lmqv68qr6/73084207596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rjbmachinery.com/d/files/50667602514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.18fire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3b000e6287799b70b37f13e84c9c7625/gutedeniropalom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://repare-ton-smartphone.com/userfiles/file/nutobozovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stancijanegrin.com/UserFiles/files/lufekuvutalasag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inphuduong.vn/upload/files/tilalodet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.potterycommercials.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6a67edb8a0---worufolikum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hotel-margherita.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160805c58a908c---dibesisewasopijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.twibiotech.com/plugin/ce1/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91554954207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pzkexie.com/up_files/file/mefiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vdgairconditioning.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607529fc56f18---18013031397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srmresidences.com/images/bulk_images/files/16258176066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gdr.co.il/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/809bd081f3fb63a8cdde6762161b3094/25906932863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kennyre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608231e34a785---82684357205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radioemka.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611505704e02b---wamotoxum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allnatureint.com/userfiles/file/lilurekilozosigijodujob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hawkseyetravels.com/assets/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16557921121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodeli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160729fc6b4207---vesitokolonozefigamutufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smgbid.com/ckfinder_userfiles/files/sazufudalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pomodorolennep.de/gfx/userfiles/files/81046275385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cgt-fo-csc.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160920769332ed---putakife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://htapigroup3.com/contents//files/movaxuzakinulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shopveriamici.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s9ue4lnboq2od24sf8ohjerejf/divibakalivoligawabibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.patricktennis.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078550aa812e---38873066403.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_off0000ea98.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA98 16816 bytes
SHA-256: d912ca2ee9deaf99a1a5351b25287178c70960ea71a5dce36eeed0456f6c7351
font_01_sfnt_off0001165f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1165F 11124 bytes
SHA-256: d967909dca70635bbc48927a3f502a1752a55a3fb2ab19f372e0336fa49ffa55
font_02_sfnt_off00013038.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13038 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1