Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 37a5ddbb4c396cec…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.9 KB Created: 2021-09-21 21:53:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 82803248214e9df79be28a7a154dc6eb SHA-1: a607aa5588cea36b828c212052d6b665c2948709 SHA-256: 37a5ddbb4c396cec0ccac125a346c64f3ff1ed392beeecb1cb015123a5a5223f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final malicious destination. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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 http://askort.pl/Upload/file/kobavatogozivofig.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://victory-agency.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16149ac781a584---27806176150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jrpst.pl/userfiles/file/jexunoputogoludozirifupaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://santabruna.cl/upload/file/15666033311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marcado.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161341ee6cbdd9---30494256378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://school15-tyumen.ru/f/gikederelegikutus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----7sbabak5acz7byau.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a602d3c48ae79698bb3f156bf166d9f5/lewezuwuniberarabob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lisahyatthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136508b10783---lurupixoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phaptangpgvn.net/app/webroot/upload/files/56164853693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mashhadgardi724.ir/basefile/mashhadgardi724/files/21611284446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhac.ditimchanly.org/Images_upload/files/49984380347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawcab.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135ae02807b3---32337814895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dagvandearchitectuur.be/_files/file/nesajajudavevuxan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autosvanbeek.nl/mindcms/js/ckf/userfiles/files/sojavejasebogim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orderkai.com/uploads/files/57637122878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nwatchonline.org/userfiles/file/87192120611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tranhdaquyhn.com/uploads/news_file/87077900890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orsam.org.tr/paketler/ckfinder/dosyalar/files/46838888132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.polni.si/Images/files/vuwigomaxepadegem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://getawaynewzealand.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c3cac96aba---4170951921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fitness-sport.it/userfiles/file/69051138358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sparkprototypes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614117ecbc20c---gopomokarutunijomijisoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://groupunsur4.com/contents/files/85404155352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=pdf+to+image+converter+pro+apkPDF 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_off0000e144.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE144 16824 bytes
SHA-256: cd9e123d66ec1aaad834feaed92ff2e5c284c1865bab48a6176ad247cf4296c6
font_01_sfnt_off00010cc1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CC1 10908 bytes
SHA-256: 909e734f552970e365789df4abfbee3d4b576f6d48da5ae0b1d08a4ae5a24517
font_02_sfnt_off000125d4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125D4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1