Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 37a470d0d110ebc0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.5 KB Created: 2021-07-07 22:53:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 437b9b00ee3e1d4ddc402a330c40cd85 SHA-1: 766d39f445fd9dbdb6d2d205413fd8d3316e781c SHA-256: 37a470d0d110ebc0a5987b8f861e562b595f746dc8372dcc3f04bc0bfa93591e
212 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The file is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing or trojan delivery mechanism. The presence of a 'Password-protected archive handoff' heuristic, combined with numerous links to PDF files hosted on potentially compromised websites, strongly suggests a lure to download a password-protected payload. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs point towards a phishing attempt, likely involving a malicious attachment or download.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

Heuristics 9

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://bjsprt.com/uploadfile/file///2021052917560093.pdf
    • http://pvsystexperts.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/55ghocj8dnoo0bt1qecuntpo23/dumirubajo.pdf
    • http://angelcabrera.com/FCKfiles/file/61547038259.pdf
    • https://riverasphotovideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c85adb92254---wegaxadiju.pdf
    • http://www.ecostroyservis.ru/File/bagifopatifiroj.pdf
    • https://actorconseil.com/files/file/13367352266.pdf
    • http://elturo.ru/img/upload/files/96350259094.pdf
    • http://argra.rs/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e9eaa06a94---40116484457.pdf
    • https://implantsdentairesdesmoulins.com/upload/editor/file/fefisevemifibaxemix.pdf
    • https://giustofiori.it/file/27429218780.pdf
    • http://structurecreative.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d08b0e407a---5895283833.pdf
    • https://www.shopveriamici.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p6vef5csecnid6ghgej2cv73r0/zuzaz.pdf
    • http://www.loicadesacavem.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c39177cd323---mazeluviwipefisanixefew.pdf
    • http://adlinefor.com/home/webagen/public_html/korn/data/file/54979755504.pdf
    • http://anhuicrew.com/upload_fck/file/2021-4-30/20210430140110739564.pdf
    • https://nhaban24h.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/iksr64s8n18t90vduvu6igf8id/62639590740.pdf
    • https://www.asahinadigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ol3m9ieukffvsa35nfif0g0c1r/luwobufiliputisiru.pdf
    • http://lnshiyue.com/userfiles/file/20210621070045_1603043295.pdf
    • https://sf-tfi-pgu.uz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/92ca275eb68573d5f7be115b21585292/99581542155.pdf
    • http://wooshin.kr/uploaded/file/148801953160a5bff5f3668.pdf
    • https://refour.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e4210681fc96a06df2225e442ad2a7e7/15838840576.pdf
    • http://eksan-ltd.com/userfiles/file/rizobazakinelufivasudoz.pdf
    • https://aashianarealty.com/file/fexuf.pdf
    • http://mujuerp.com/uploads/ckeditor/files/20210625030409.pdf
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d52fefca6ea---34162637192.pdf
    • https://k9-warrior.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/smno5v4hkvl52l6mld4mngrmor/53065448037.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=adobe+after+effects+cc+2015+crack+download
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f465.bin
b696ccacd1a79895c30307fcbfa106f9d1fd22dc1251b8437ed22b21eb70af8b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF465 11104 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010eab.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EAB 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000126bd.bin
7de23f6baa3e971696429ba9b60772ab305c7f0de4c2dca969aee01b54214b2a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126BD 18104 bytes