Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 37c402a3ec8fc4f0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.7 KB Created: 2021-10-04 14:15:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-02
MD5: 7ef833769e6c22390e080703b9f9a9b7 SHA-1: e89cc4790178d446d82649c4e2e41694c740b486 SHA-256: 37c402a3ec8fc4f073105a28ff614cbb19262d58026e47fe29b55994b4e3abab
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or facilitate phishing. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely involving exploitation for client execution via the embedded JavaScript.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=instagram+story+saver+android PDF link annotation
    • https://mut-zur-veraenderung-hambuch.de/userfiles/file/7122538606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thietbigas.net/media/files/80313889786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://indicaperu.com/userfiles/file/3613150221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceadersvalet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161558a169de32---2628651046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://duongthuy.net/userfiles/file/zenapenupalifisasitiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jackinthegymtpe.com/uploads/files/202109082219241091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lapempi.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/219796189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rffsev.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/98acfb3cbd5084ba1627a158c51bf4d4/sonetapiven.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bhandarisurgical.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pimamotaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szilasfood.hu/pic_upload/files/27356248024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marlin-aquarium.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/famokix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ev-owners.jp/userfiles/files/kesepezolexetowobeviveki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://home-plast.ru/foto/files/88676495642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cbgnfinance.com/userfiles/file/pamaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://playitdirect.ca/ckfinder/uploadfiles/files/lukefexosuwazokovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceramicasvillaflor.cl/UserFiles/File/26659528302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://icnj.net/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/942877576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iamgoingto1996.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614138098f257---potikatowutatizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kingdom.vn/userfiles/file/56607194502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://derp74.fooden.com/UserFiles/files/32762521838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bhavalaya.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52503017345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.investinwielkopolska.pl/application/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/banuwidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sun-green.be/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35439064602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grupo.iberia.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/beganotunitipuge.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_off0000e696.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE696 21116 bytes
SHA-256: 2e79f74b679aee19ccd92fa7f83e6cafe3d37bdcdf0e0307ceffff5be9ded565
font_01_sfnt_off00011cfe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CFE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013515.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13515 10676 bytes
SHA-256: 51b881068634585cbc7d36fdcc983fa40684b8bb7a381f440655ba5c51337862