Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 37814df80b34d44f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.1 KB Created: 2021-07-19 04:11:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: d9bd3bacc75e70076db9faf00a4d2e07 SHA-1: 5d517e1930458bc482f98168ab90572e9241c68f SHA-256: 37814df80b34d44f5c9e13fa81355ee78c3b20c3a6e77a70d34a816174f79295
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and an ML classifier indicated a high probability of maliciousness. Heuristics identified it as a link farm pointing to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the links and the detection suggest it is designed to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9937

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://hgbs.de/userfiles/file/pifalisuzavizuwixarusa.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://pavaniautismschools.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/90fhkinoine84sr6hqtueraddv/17742230627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://golf-tout-terrain.com/publish/page/file/fuzitebevitujamexilos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d4702546c3f---75186723113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timelessmebel.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a64aa9d764fbe029d97f01fa300610b3/76030583408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rivaflo-south.in/userfiles/files/94731904549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timatey.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ocpdugqhbuvkb68mfkn0736oc7/vabukebexibipodagimemor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oneremote.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a6c74c5fcaa7574964574cc469fa4ce/kagamesuxisutixer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://altonika.pro/files/fck/file/305017618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.luxboss.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91232980149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6b193046345176951209e96f8f39d62f/vufotizexeruz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://audiencefertilization.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/dutarofikazerikefabez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hcs1000.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/032f8471e50dd57f80b2372d89d3f27c/fafegefagusejasosan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamvr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/518349d8b5925a40dde35d74c27075ff/95978832139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankreich-ferien.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c881c2e4f09---29232555040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kartywspomnien.pl/uploads/assets/file/kolimurimugedamixisijafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ccps.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/107c8a483866e2ba4c6cd77be2124554/59422420132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drmiamiconnect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/67ccda0963c64676d60a9d51ee1aca94/mofogiboraxuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coloreverything.love/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ba1542e1ca871eb40a0fcd4491311557/fatikavasarage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mudateconmigo.cl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/762bcebc25203b8d4360e5a560a50e30/9148511566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mariellatriolo.it/public/file/8672002705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cfh2.com/clients/d/d2/d2a7b52150a7a947468b52e9b7560e3c/File/raxepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pointcookelectrician.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e7f4bc27dd7---77638885176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accronline.com/userfiles/file/kojagosugijaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.modianodesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160723fa1c851c---jigotovib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=account+information+disputed+by+consumer+meets+fcra+requirements+meaningPDF 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_off000104a0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104A0 17920 bytes
SHA-256: 519b8e4b36bfdc2eb25105380c17b1b7b1901ce98681d41029bdd1963ccc6db8
font_01_sfnt_off000133b4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x133B4 11396 bytes
SHA-256: 94ac4f4da5d92582013c7481f448f832d306eafe047d33dcf0c56a1c4bfc2071
font_02_sfnt_off00014ded.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14DED 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1