Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 37ca4c3d974fb88a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.6 KB Created: 2021-09-07 20:47:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 767cf5fbd28bdd321e1592da2bd88b40 SHA-1: 6a4688af64bb4d86ce900fff10310eb057714c6f SHA-256: 37ca4c3d974fb88a583836e26cb124b11eaf1471cf71e044e1c8eddb3ed94c58
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The presence of heuristics like 'SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE' suggests the document is designed to trick users into decrypting and accessing a password-protected archive, likely containing a secondary payload. Several URLs point to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a common distribution method for malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 8

  • 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
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://www.webhisto.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c7a550c75f---73433730204.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://tpk-m.ru/files/file/11587900132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bf1bc3e730---pabodusimetuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kuechentreff-schmid.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/39vml14hmcio1k9fjq0ngtk7g3/50233041100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cissud.com/uploads/ck_editor/files/domuxorezipejadizax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahdongjiu.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-19/20210519010739143497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.indoorclub-informa.com/boletines/img/file/79455680103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aodaibooking.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210723_A8DE727A8D6B91A4.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diskacme.dk/images/upload/file/89342413403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://otohondamientay.com/upload/files/75892859273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trichynext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/444547fe4e7f8186012a5f1239cb1ffd/lusewigimafukewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rungruangsteel.com/public/upload/userfiles/files/50363030590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lauricedale.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160985b0ceec8d---24322324467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://104.156.58.56/~web2inbox/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094db6f0e748---29565057750.pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://pepinieramontana.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87682561475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeskulap24h.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d1c96bb8aa6---91342028275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fourfoods.com/images/files/kedenuwog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouwenaaneensterkwerkgeversmerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a567b5790a5---30248278255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agribusiness.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16126ce674b7b0---bavodonigojadifuwixija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jhdjt.com/images/upload/File/xapowak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sparan-art.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12743410248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.airportlimofortlauderdale.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6cddab3528---22843378826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://risme.vn/files/zuwitugazup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kortennis.co.kr/B/ck/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20306465517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=mtap+reviewer+for+grade+3+with+answer+key+2019+pdfPDF 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_off0000e279.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE279 11716 bytes
SHA-256: 9a533dc7e8340d59987840d14fabeabd78c85a2dc8fe4422031a3d5d75909542
font_01_sfnt_off0000fe59.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE59 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001166b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1166B 18780 bytes
SHA-256: c83a67ee275fb0386746b4048693fa5b0fca0a6c23b3baae7962fc96505913bf