Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 37cd70a552d2aba5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.6 KB Created: 2021-09-14 11:28:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: b8bea7b1d1ffa628766e96bca9decec1 SHA-1: 7e943d2468099e9db1efcfbb64a2bd16285344ab SHA-256: 37cd70a552d2aba5ed4ad33a6a7d3d4c2b2865cf07088ff9d67b8822ff4cf771
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document exhibits characteristics of a phishing or malware distribution lure, as indicated by numerous heuristic firings related to random and compromised CMS upload links. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were extracted, the embedded URLs point to potentially malicious content, likely designed to download further payloads or redirect users to phishing sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=free+video+chat+app+between+iphone+and+android
    • http://gioiacompany.net/images/upload/file/fefifiponafutegir.pdf
    • http://pocatellocampfire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m9mn105f034e9jgrovddsjq05a/38951587568.pdf
    • http://maryalo.com/userData/board/file/43173052933.pdf
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4q54i5d8mohi9u4srv3fdl7pt7/xulirofuterageveritotupe.pdf
    • http://feldbach-tourismus.at/files/duxemik.pdf
    • http://laibros.com/ckeditor/userfiles/files/40926512527.pdf
    • https://www.sussexweddingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161396f775e5f0---sememivurukuzovod.pdf
    • http://bjoybrands.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c11a6c06ad---fewikafes.pdf
    • http://agrion.org/upload/fichier/gidefusosovono.pdf
    • https://apexforestservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131a3213fa6f---22954964205.pdf
    • http://www.kroonzuivel.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50426547639.pdf
    • http://longchimvac.net/app/webroot/uploads/files/33197795766.pdf
    • http://liubeauty.com/luutru/files/ligesuj.pdf
    • https://www.hotel-palladium.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5vvbsaihecr27lajjert96ihnc/fexigorupuwotiv.pdf
    • https://ivfnna.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05eaffce4c50e39d3fd291fd3ea47e72/likunaf.pdf
    • http://tentauto23.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dapilavuvebusojugogunej.pdf
    • https://www.libyamonitor.com/sites/all/libraries/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xesotusinuvawifudobilu.pdf
    • https://sistemagestiondpr.com/userfiles/file/jaxog.pdf
    • https://qigoodteam.com/uploads/files/202109100303472302.pdf
    • http://aaykpn.com/uploads/editor/files/51952287184.pdf
    • http://seidels-mineralienwelt.de/images/uploaded/file/garekawisodem.pdf
    • http://www.fishandcosolicitors.com/uploads/files/piraki.pdf
    • https://desense.eu/uploads/wysiwyg/files/xetilifefejuponebu.pdf
    • https://iieng.org/editor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76861276531.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c55b.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC55B 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000dd72.bin
19aec016cf45ce62eba3bb84e9a40e2a063b3a6db4c0da7f474dcfda26b71cea
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD72 10664 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000f59c.bin
ea787cb4ad77e520ad443ebb4dd9aeff4b04c0aba066155aee6c40bf3c9b79d8
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF59C 16604 bytes