Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 37d58551a4566e4f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.6 KB Created: 2021-06-30 00:24:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 9479b4f8a58f4dc1cf1c2b7a7494ed16 SHA-1: 0d35e740849f93ea2fa9a39c8333604610e5a680 SHA-256: 37d58551a4566e4faf5accb6ecc9eefb3fc815d13ead0de08588d4b3c2fbff79
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites and are structured as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of multiple compromised CMS upload links suggests a coordinated effort to host malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • 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.
  • 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.apartamentselsllacs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p2q6uol1jepa0dcl075b3j3i6f/56861780871.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://dabbleanddesign.com/clients/c/c6/c60e280709801842a26e47e23f21f170/File/31926016790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.luminicaambiental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6f41dd257d---83551072440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nedirajtebosnu.net/userfiles/file/72718640534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mithermomix.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1b0c106c5b7f1386ede3ee1e9a799e92/zozidepidiseseterujajisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-aalst.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607110bb8358a---jezux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wikiwebagency.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8456ec08f4f50eccb196397e63e96d67/99415693061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atx-stroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c979b114a5e297761ed3b439682e3f73/jikej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adm.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad454be0eccf13fa9ca534673b373c37/25438523101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ceac814e60---tetomunojutulewaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc-0898.com/userfiles/file/20210629044653_wzuf6m.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9neo80aij44gmo55rphb0qr137/ravinena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caigeshi.com/uploadfile/file/2021062606095273499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goataxiservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0c3e6787db---gofuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dui-antidote.com/images/userfiles/file/wakijifapemusexoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bluekeydigital.com/images/pic/file/safugovefebufusinilabubuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dm288.rs/slicice/file/18527277226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://themultifold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3m54kb60rmgmenp18qoti49171/temebozefudujomofavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mesotects.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160849a8edaa0c---33924068307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://too.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ff583d0cc7cee815de4c60d209f74ff9/73856576902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://m-co.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ev5k8s2omle26nrunvr2argudu/82965570324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.certificagreen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cba5ad4f972---33398728382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://milcontabil.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6qa9enb7v9dtkuqeoun31rivv7/natiwenigusoremoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vakukh.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/945cb93299c3801589fd7711d5c56f82/66204777818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=replace+pages+in+pdf+onlinePDF 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_off0000ebfd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBFD 10640 bytes
SHA-256: 16130a124fb85b2ca4bc76fccfbe861cd39e119b8327171d349cb6dd74651fe3
font_01_sfnt_off00010434.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10434 16776 bytes
SHA-256: 948645bf4a8513a98c46a2e32f6b7cfb8723365858b574ce1ad697d6756d63f6
font_02_sfnt_off00012fa4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12FA4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1