Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 37805443c13463f8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.6 KB Created: 2021-09-01 17:07:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: aba57336e9d8b98f584a5f0d71ee7bcf SHA-1: e187164eb0f9359a3db60c852ef65012309c0cdb SHA-256: 37805443c13463f8b62a835040415020bc30d8117671a9bffbeaa273bd5d28a1
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or are part of a link farm hosted on disposable domains. These elements suggest the PDF is designed to lure users to malicious sites, likely for phishing or to download further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=you+did+well PDF link annotation
    • https://3dreamstudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ac6abeddab5193cc9716fc9e72305bd/sotolesawaziv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.toptalentusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160789843c7085---roxazeferumevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wernitznigg.at/files/ludizuleviduletifadenuzol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pspectr.ru/userfiles/file/29611119977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://absolutelyneon.com/userfiles/file/girofumaxalosiligofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://istanbularicilikfestivali.com/upload/ckfinder/files/88084942247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iuoelocal870.com/kaizen/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20104146668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://idolyokocho.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/voxosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a92e25d902450572cc2a73400def0fe2/fetipod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xsteelstock.com/d/files/63571927496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vinisfarm.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/648e68fb2bd8e263e9d42b3128e1e091/jupamojutinukurigovabapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maduraicaterers.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69039978187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geojeoceanhotel.com/userfiles/file/20210813074546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharzh-ufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7c0f3a284ee6a0a6936c902c7410b4cd/20731737377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3bbb.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/vajuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://astoriareiki.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f0c54dabc3135e094a38d31adcfbf4e/denofojamevopubewod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shotclock.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/84c06bf91e94a99071ff183fd60f3648/59623158522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allamericannursing.com/userfiles/file/vebijowarasaxitoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epmachine.ru/d/files/76882109326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deurwater.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4e59dc9309---wulamaluxikobalutakopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sevinctekstil.com/resimler/files/xiximebib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jjc-dev.com/userfiles/file/41343871742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pantryscan.com/123cars/imagefck/file/19615751567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itnetworkconsultingsf.com/helpdesk/app/webroot/img/userfiles/files/tedurojuxidelosem.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_off0000ea8a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA8A 20148 bytes
SHA-256: 994bb5090639f165c4274bbd0b28aaa2c33d829fcc4d9ab0313be77973c99a5b
font_01_sfnt_off00011e68.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E68 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001367e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1367E 9780 bytes
SHA-256: 31c475450a85892760bcad66f4cbe267b4cb9eec5ff676b74a5eec163a05d64b