Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 37e832f4076298c4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.5 KB Created: 2021-09-17 20:21:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: d00dd8fc5d34b1898d09731f5444d503 SHA-1: ac226e64ba95aa12eae39802426307fa8b7e1f32 SHA-256: 37e832f4076298c446f9d7fe47e02004fcb5dd61687d0849f3a5fe1bcc6866aa
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or initiating further malicious actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=nightcap+camera+for+android PDF link annotation
    • https://zivotzaokny.eu/res/file/66646299434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e49c372038833e57f8445391fd7622ed/renejazezeromoxonuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cy2hand.com/userfiles/73034196239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ljjxmining.com/uploadfile/file///2021091105221739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anchor-m.com/js/upload/files/fimudedaturelodeke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://es-umzuege-transporte.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ea845e62a6ae376ab6d4e42b00f1cf76/vizulutirenazid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tootooair.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210906_F400AE3311E7630F.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hediyevideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161403e99c89a5---dutumagojosekewigevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dafangtour.com/fckeditor/userimages/file/mamupowujumexox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gearcon-eng.com/file_media/file_image/file/wufawoxazun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iglozawiercie.pl/zdjecia/file/59130262404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dadrarad.ro/userfiles/file/radod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cathugo-catamarans.de/res/wysiwyg/file/276147206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daotaolaixesontay.com/uploads/file/53189508169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akapacha.com/userfiles/file/25315797863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zsmnowakowski.pl/userfiles/file/23671622323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mariautonoleggiomarsala.it/userfiles/files/92020188259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asztromiskolc.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16025172052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mattweidnerlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614300088f840---75471264854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wellogo.in/userfiles/file///bikokuneduxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avalon-essenzen.at/userfiles/file/ruxebifodorapowolusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vagtteam.com/userfiles/Files/tafokowimibewisuvon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adepotcustom.com/UploadFiles/file/20210917161831186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dentaltaxpros.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/52e5d8315e2ceab9a28439ba1411026a/zumav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kstarsmall.net/userfiles/file///zikoruvibinagizufezipir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000f19f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF19F 10828 bytes
SHA-256: 760be2105e078bcd693121a74aff6be85572acb15d6aa692cbaec5b0660125b5
font_01_sfnt_off00010a36.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A36 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012248.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12248 17916 bytes
SHA-256: cf704ecb8422810ff896b485b722138d140ad7580a8bd7fa69befdf4509391f5