Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 37eb55d524d6f743…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.2 KB Created: 2021-09-16 18:02:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 07b0e598eb38cfb714fc891c12dc7cde SHA-1: a09302f9f9451884acd68f34772adcc76b2c7e4a SHA-256: 37eb55d524d6f743895b5453ae5b8039f1bb036a06ec8ee087f86203589bd552
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage, suggesting an attempt to host or distribute malicious files. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature, likely as a phishing or malware distribution lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://mytalk7.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/zoledo.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://appvid.eus/userfiles/files/14463996253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vaynhanh365.net/contents/files/fawasixeraganumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qfuse.it/images/uploaded_files/ckfinder/files/1630585816_b14d7f15ab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://photopoligrafic.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jefapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://navigator-nsk.ru/userfiles/file/ferejunenafozibovajinajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lookupagency.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131cfc73de78---senuzilezavikuvokufaxot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terapie-psi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139348db6368---19201348787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alternativecarrepair.nl/userfiles/file/65094088371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sluchatka-shop.cz/files/upload/files/sanisuzuzigurukudevebax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iqubz.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b30b962dc7---88934847516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oiseaubleu-promo.fr/userfiles/file/54007446192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://benqmusicworkshop.com/fupload/file/kizaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pomtco.com/technical/files/file/17262493184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://airsoft1.ro/files/file/10359534196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://llibreriaha.com/img/events/file/51280578418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tsg-vaganovskoe.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84246054580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://otczenacts.com/media/files/timitamifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cetis156.neutronds.com/assets/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mobosujejulefawitusiveguk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vlajamo.cz/images/file/90615510610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cheapneasytrafficschool.com/CheapNEasyTrafficSchool/pa/trainstation/uploads/image/file/dovofanuvisulela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.darvidproperty.com/news/file/6064634198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schouteninterieurwerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161416618c580c---11226259906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://toppelletmachine.com/d/files/nizoxepim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+turn+off+parental+control+on+firestickPDF 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_off0000bb50.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBB50 16716 bytes
SHA-256: 0c83537962e60c1fa914a9a03c38fbe52026621adbb873fd54c2cfc7bbecda14
font_01_sfnt_off0000e650.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE650 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000fe67.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE67 10744 bytes
SHA-256: 14d603f13cd22b96e8a3b2e9dfab91cc5f7de453d736a6d8c31fdbb83bf200f6