Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 37cbdeab4eefbb99…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.9 KB Created: 2021-07-18 19:28:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 8c5083bfb9ef222cd59e8feada01f29c SHA-1: 00147e7f7f29af27004e97c0629802a8398a09a8 SHA-256: 37cbdeab4eefbb993c44b7fc152984630f7ec945bffaee4ce244dd2d09376f51
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external websites hosted on potentially compromised or disposable domains. Embedded JavaScript streams are present, suggesting the potential for further malicious actions like redirection or exploitation.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://cbolean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n89eegmf7hfkkf293rl6j88pt5/61936256439.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://almuhja.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79068493979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.myjamaicais.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5fd2eb8c2288ae394573d8fcecd057c/55259971588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carnow.jp/js/upload/files/53699439303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjhtdszdh.com/v15/Upload/file/202151652237052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bclgrouptt.com/userfiles/file/bejuzetajep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.partyshuttlebus.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ee7973540dd---vafamozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://petek.biz/resimler/files/77444846052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terapie-psi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076e5d2a10bf---vemulomazozusedejufutufoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mercedesmazo.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075714a9898a---jajosixasitefaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ramsteinroyals.com/clients/e/e6/e68fa2bc61b75b8a06766e25905052c7/File/kitovaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inspirationallabels.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a89f3a7b690---41439530125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apz-arte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pudafirebujogufugixofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.avenueroadadvertising.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6219495ff3---86525180986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frasertechno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a538dd41841---dedolilaxefamotisuti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fallsplat.se/file/88793594786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4grd.com/cmsimages/file/gopakasufanokize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elicopter-de-inchiriat.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d8db774e5c---25252358215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pphu-joanna.pl/fckpliki/file/19464326172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klcmekatronik.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bazado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shuswapladystriders.ca/userfiles/file/49298205380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esrafisek.com/images_upload/files/33623475894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theatresaucinema.fr/uploads/file/xopufomegem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leunamgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f1b6ab65f3a2478733ad452cc48f7266/98195643526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carrozzeriabosini.net/userfiles/files/xugizowarejipixevaduwud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=castellano+meaning+in+englishPDF 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_off0000bed1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBED1 17136 bytes
SHA-256: 8e64cddb5e45a840678a83d533fcc7be8a8bcbbcb5f72360b0916c0ace06cda3
font_01_sfnt_off0000ea84.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA84 10488 bytes
SHA-256: a4767a5a4eb3c9a21e0b374e29af8a2b2cdb2b3e85a51a568ddc506bce839498
font_02_sfnt_off00010227.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10227 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1