Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 37640698279f7158…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.3 KB Created: 2021-09-11 20:12:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 3be6a3a30ee9437421d5dcffae64515e SHA-1: 4f65a432a32af197c2aa8af2bd45d94b33a47543 SHA-256: 37640698279f71582ed2b0f39c93d45302f3b1acd211ba685e32f4caa363b247
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and other disposable hosting sites, indicative of a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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://aawyx.com/sites/default/imageuser/file/96838457452.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://tavcam.com/upload/ckfinder/files/sipiselegadat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/29pf4inqeqem8e2aj7j07vfpi1/20159936446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aibasylhet.edu.bd/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nuwikoselu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lotusmarinevn.com/upload/files/64776089314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dochoiotovn.com/uploads/userfiles/file/47899555867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://groupekineconcept.com/userfiles/file/2303309642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kibbkw.com/uploads/file/90473060545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2girlstrippin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130cada9f1c6---zilokefukagebilare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paintmaster.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7460346112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://neoville.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef726a19a8a2ca557af9bec2f4bfbfe6/molobuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://louvre.lv/res/wysiwyg/file/madokemobakir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tl-systems.hu/files/files/26809465187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peneleos.pl/userfiles/file/11394338316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allivecoat.com/userData/board/file/rimuwegerijese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://casavacanzesanvito.eu/userfiles/files/zuvux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://855solution.com/htdocs/cljr/data/files/3106627609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acetuitioncentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130f89247c38---guberezuta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ednak.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133dc9a7c40f---48578033463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://connatlas.com/home/conn/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2609770675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mateuszkucharski.pl/admin/file/lanisalewunaxitug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sugarfree-gelato.com/upload/file/tolama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=solve+for+x+determinantPDF 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_off0000cfcf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCFCF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e7e1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7E1 19460 bytes
SHA-256: 553bc42c2f4b2c5cf870bc15a93dbb213780e032021bd27b27bfc3dd0a78d836
font_02_sfnt_off00011b6f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B6F 10592 bytes
SHA-256: 2c0e74c46edd529fc8f39cb6de8165bdc171350a2774de2a691753fc4708a8dc