Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 37acf2e1a179dd85…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.5 KB Created: 2021-09-07 22:17:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: e5523b47831760b6f7b1562cf17df662 SHA-1: 4897f5be6bdb0bfaa7ab07615a9cd1b9b77956d4 SHA-256: 37acf2e1a179dd85b0924e503bae6cebc5243fe208bcb7cece814460f670f62d
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and uses an image-based lure. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 69 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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.
  • 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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=thigh+muscles+anatomy+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://jmlukanich.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/76275517499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thejasmineway.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i0eduftiej9i2jav2486dt2hsv/wekabijitopawibolerep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oneremote.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1d5c7244edf533ea9e140402f7d89614/90178813466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://narimasu-chintai.net/jcfiles/file/zipoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://becro-plast.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9e5927ef80---81155762732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.northeastmarquees.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ea50134654253fcca9176c4a5e9c2e7/wokexezadeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://campbellelectronics.com/uploads/babakolebadekogurele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intersonik.eu/upload/files/kidovakijibesojig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceccarbotosani.ro/userfiles/file/bijedusidalozajexumafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biaikatolikus.hu/files/file/23523890269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rosemonttherapy.health/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ed7v37m0j229s1thqsh4ghoamv/farijirevosubuvaneve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shengnabei.com/uploadfile/file///2021082423125632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seksdagen.nl/userfiles/file/tojadarukefujidabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/wuwokokewiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dobre-jaja.com/Upload/file/55385912314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lifestaralberta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612c81dd7eb35---76020169958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harchovyk.com/userfiles/file/1772439476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.peeryhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e13c7500b9b8e23bc171954f0a61b3b1/nekozetokizowejozif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dyna-tech.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080991052dcd---48077528199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.unidacardoso.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a04f6168570---67605507929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svenstavik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac4d817f775---dizosogafufalaperi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xtremefitness.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dejan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chptravel.ir/data/file/25157800702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blackknowledge.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8a3c7ebe5a8421125ebda662ba906133/vizuxazakepetomotof.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_off0000b4d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB4D7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cce9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCCE9 13772 bytes
SHA-256: 20df69eb370906e6ca417e4765a92a3e591521edab7d4ca19cb473b7c3839491
font_02_sfnt_off0000ee8d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE8D 11144 bytes
SHA-256: ace0c5674c5382a10d7b4614e7801bc2e1a6fe938fa3b39292b28113eb29d282