Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 37911d464c32a682…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.0 KB Created: 2021-06-30 05:54:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: d0546acd469592741fcf47fe60450a2e SHA-1: 436b19f67912ab0c8a03c9a82c73d26cf960cdb5 SHA-256: 37911d464c32a6823e4e2d41f76dcf89ec8742a8ec0c968a51ed60cc520b6e2f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. It also features a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to lure users to malicious content or phishing pages. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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://www.finestkindcharter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160985546dbe74---biluwe.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://drive4smilesontario.com/clients/e/ed/ed023a0734c265ca673a92d1d81de675/File/2296090198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.toptalentusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8c1a39f00e---68616704715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feriaesotericadeatocha.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607df789030f1---dexapomadawemibibopaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kazenergy.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ce62a65a94---89783911247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yatros.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c9a7557ea0---68419281804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medicinasolidale.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c660d7f70054b394801a879bfcb1ea38/96492769895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aceonlinementors.com/userfiles/file/80759775136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edgecs.net/documents/58027357244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itnetworkconsultingsf.com/helpdesk/app/webroot/img/userfiles/files/kevimajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://demetraproject.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/silozidepuxakimamodozesup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yourlightingbrand.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ef2d8b8d735b5556b6d0f250a89a8f0/30886638563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ip-golubev.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vufilesamadufifatetuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bscsaoner.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dabidokizenebabakegeze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canigrup.com/userfiles/file/54610871775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carnow.jp/js/upload/files/82846080105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diversified-nj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d1ce7535b69d49fe7833d9202c573de5/95770286767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slsnn.ru/content/file/36519049244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://happycustomerservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bcaaf360dc04a411451667b27861bf79/2161323472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://averon.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c49179efc5c---79941711015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tucsonhomewindowtint.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/048232c8156bbaad1a5323246f4b5bd4/41860000234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drsaman.com/files/8450514459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jrpst.pl/userfiles/file/vugitesuka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moyamoya.center/images/hand_uploaded/files/vazazezejidali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=measuring+cylinder+is+used+forPDF 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_off0000d8d2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8D2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f0e4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0E4 15884 bytes
SHA-256: 3e9910644434c8b677d5009a871e862a8a5fedd99b6ffed3c6ef358b6f7a9caa
font_02_sfnt_off000119f4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119F4 10760 bytes
SHA-256: 7f45bd19f2b871abbf4b2224c141943afda93c9da3b7f83248a31f4446356a97