Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 37916f405b4ea044…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.2 KB Created: 2021-07-01 14:19:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: ae690dd9c2b1368e43861740eb1626d4 SHA-1: 56fd2da0c9054291f31e714a9083d30657a92bbc SHA-256: 37916f405b4ea0449d823234adf69634ea26ee60a968c275a0301ee0d3ad8f9e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a phishing or malicious redirection attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to trick users into visiting these sites for further compromise. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests it may be used to facilitate the redirection or exploit PDF vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=adverb+that+starts+with+b PDF link annotation
    • https://istocdukkan.com/userfiles/files/wasadedodedomazepumuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ivanamihic.com//files/vagupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alphabodysupplements.com/newerac2c/userfiles/file/72115075231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://odpadykj.cz/UserFiles/File/wipikoroxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankcapassoandsons.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8934de0be1---wovugezitebabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.endthestigmacounselling.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e20po6hfa2b0l1tfhlsu074jm1/nirafawab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.insurancedirectcanada.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b31095baf3f---tamopodufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realwebguys.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090841f5035b---86801339519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zav-mito.si/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160886cabd8368---31577531113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://galluccifaibano.it/userfiles/file/wonekul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://petek.biz/resimler/files/ronuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://equantumconsulting.com/files/files/bexamobutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taxiparga.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f215db41d7abc8adb525aaff1f00a903/gadibudimur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vudafrique.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/94bf725ea2650242bfbcc9480c654705/vefipeduk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readxyz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/388683c9b006d54e1f6035c6fa39a0c0/jakukodoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nationaalgolfcongres.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160879179a3ec7---nemilowok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ibyservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fe7a4e4271497c9d2609345808f2daf5/2612365317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://talaa-obour.com/webmisr/uploadwebmisr/file/35058206720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaizousha.com/js/upload/files/podevomafaroputafepagabob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://naseeha.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e5182e820077298b5de18965008ecf6b/21754577223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreagarciam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dbb8d3daa46---64511136357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wamsconference.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/80914bc64aee5958d6e712d86b9faeab/wiworon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.limratechnologies.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160743e555d829---ruselimegipapeko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agronlogistics.com/userfiles/files/foxagab.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_off0000ee76.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE76 10348 bytes
SHA-256: c41fd395240ccb04d7f5f6d5045b1d2737d435038d3db6333e996e0db5c37789
font_01_sfnt_off00010608.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10608 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011e1a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E1A 16892 bytes
SHA-256: 98a52fc333eafc2b286a551574947545703705c2957f16f2feefe72f38134477