Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 37a31f26ba0238d9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.3 KB Created: 2021-10-12 10:48:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: f50794e42d0a488a5e01a8d6f1f04ac8 SHA-1: 6723149b9e67ad088106fed669c8b657ad558b1e SHA-256: 37a31f26ba0238d9fc7a5ba58758d71a1b1aa6bb174e1cdc127ba1cb0f5aff90
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and is flagged as a link farm on disposable hosting, indicating a malicious intent to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute code or further obfuscate the malicious redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 http://idealthailand.com/file_media/file_image/file/42117092464.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://hargagila.com/uploads/image/files/ruxexopurowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artospace.com/pics/file/76987847492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanraimundo.cl/dyn/uploads/file/nireraf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frasertechno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fd1bd6c32b---zisubugaziganasamere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pck.malopolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f600a5ce345b134a9ab84a8eea7ebf42/novodosenis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rent2day.ca/ci2/userfiles/files/filufemoturodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tw-echen.com/uploads/files/202109050436594858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smcertificationservices.com/userfiles/files/11598517572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://faradtvandor.hu/picture/userfiles/file/69981570842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hearing-outlet.com/uploads/files/202109192142057521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://homeopathyhongkong.org/files/1288628474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sealskinz.ru/files/file/75452936036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elstar.ru/uploads/files/mifitemibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.icodar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16147fc314c462---53752429165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saveursetsavoirs.fr/image/file/rubekojipeda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stnicholasway.com/userfiles/file/gixitexurizudopoxavogok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://entryexpress.online/chapter_images/files/65568354270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rgn2u.com/userfiles/files/gijugili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://domainecomps.com/documents/files/73289232834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://euredit-editions.com/userfiles/file/sodusenofujuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snft.ro/media/file/16906421750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://victory-agency.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1615c95fa3bb4d---85315427920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://educasters.co/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bimisetogijudaxedusutaxof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Gsjc/~3/4dZi1sgP-vI/uplcv?utm_term=paul+hollywood+and+pruePDF link annotation
    • https://www.assessment.unibe.ch/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gulirabakenaluba.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_off0000e462.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE462 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fc79.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC79 10432 bytes
SHA-256: 8f88da9b99eefe40518fb65006812aeec77caff52eda0f0b25ea1529357fc282
font_02_sfnt_off00011415.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11415 19752 bytes
SHA-256: cbeec9963ee41767570e210021eb94373abfcd30dc034398fd5c163ef8d050df