Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 37d4ac962305fa59…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.8 KB Created: 2021-08-11 14:37:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-16
MD5: 2030208a17fabc6263e1fac5b2fdfb5e SHA-1: c8225974ab2777eb3abcf5d50f762f8f0617b2c0 SHA-256: 37d4ac962305fa592d0031ec7e818495bc5c4122ec81b91a382e3b6f3ab4fb2b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and multiple external URIs, including links to compromised WordPress upload storage and disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing sites or download further payloads. The presence of JavaScript points to T1059.007, and the nature of the PDF suggests it was likely delivered as a spearphishing attachment (T1566.001).

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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 http://peaceinsrilanka.lk/userfiles/file/37012857116.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6595ec8a92---vomejudobek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleyhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7822ba831c65d4c7ba612aebc8cf10e0/45153299321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leicht-spb.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bc1e72a8c7b1d1c6bc10282327576371/47753791693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamoncup.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d8cd69c94e9---55300006661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://netmutum.com/userfiles/file/22885659884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dedanskecasinoer.dk/userfiles/file/11935444779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bistro-8.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c32bf5ce9ee1675e7f74a6f2f10420c0/baramisidanuja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bhttourist.com/upload/fckimagesfile/bubivomubejidalelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studio-castiglioni.com/userfiles/files/bilutubowowukusejij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://waukeganeast1980.com/clients/877304/File/47205344564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://10playsolutions.com/clients/softklk/documents/_articles_/file/18822237018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sieuthimaytinhcu.vn/upload/files/33687895519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dspec-car.com/js/upload/files/16018887987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.megasaludips.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610ff16c4ce07---99057586892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.homefacelifters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8665e24aa1576dc06f5fd4ccc669f9ee/24184095781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pantryscan.com/123cars/imagefck/file/28412134425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pincodehub.in/userfiles/file/81603339930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aiken7050.com/clients/5/51/510ae66c864a6d23552e02d1b5190e2c/File/bozekofesut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cdscabling.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608532d46cefa---misovumifizoxuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wemservice.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/venijinipapekinemoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercato.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8576ece869---riwomex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://too.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a6112e268be71ddd5476588e959a8444/lalej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wfbulgaria.com/uploads/wysiwyg/files/33271581244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=teaching+transparency+worksheet+27+vsepr+model+and+molecular+shape+answersPDF 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_off0000c041.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC041 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d853.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD853 15808 bytes
SHA-256: b7d49f4fca66162446ab6a7661774d87a5a35eb98f30f2de9b3df901d1be79b6
font_02_sfnt_off000100a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100A6 11552 bytes
SHA-256: 0f1c8c3929a292fc46b73daaa9a5446e704fa2edc916349b06d4c4bc4605d371