Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 37efc65c3e780e21…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.4 KB Created: 2021-08-16 02:21:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: ed92917e2289b4f05a4062f4940a31c9 SHA-1: 4dc88e18df2ae521e20fd5c4d4b8db93cd0a2509 SHA-256: 37efc65c3e780e212660f8828a234b156ba7771652a70ae900edfc839dc275d5
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and presents a deceptive download button. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://www.appsolutely.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160858b0551bbd---wesisuvuwegaze.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://vibrosystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608556cf2a78a---34811694516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://157.230.241.115/image/upload/File/94445588875.pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://spazmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16110b4cbac687---83752862652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pomodorolennep.de/gfx/userfiles/files/sasovojotavebex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ziepniekkalns.lv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a26061d5bce---goloxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lederstuhlshop.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76604280960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.d-table.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7fbca5a2efe9d57f1d058400eabc85a9/mezaxebasibodagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conwaychristian.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071e3927efc5---xetusug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allasclub.com/campannas/file/66839910715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brenna-ski.pl/userfiles/file/wujexekagotuwubepupuvus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pechati-piter.ru/userfiles/file/xeruk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cristal-in.fr/userfiles/file/morukososozebexinarexev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iso-clean.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fddea5e7e1b---wuvibonozefodifasutefemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.guaitoli.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b92c8759ca1---57427549528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alibabashipping.com/userfiles/file/vuputedemike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rotitelor.com/contents//files/39174601593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mea-travel.pl/userfiles/file/20323478244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiomanzella.com/userfiles/files/roxuzubowole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://driver-jazda.pl/upload/file/labunuvisinifutedajiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://1sis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f6eefce298---zezowodafolopisorufoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=whatsapp+plus+latest+version+for+android+devices+para+descargarPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e224.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE224 16376 bytes
SHA-256: 0c133022d1e9883d2ff7035cf84f1fa0be9cfa0d671266bc5a940283bc0f9855
font_01_sfnt_off0000f84d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF84D 11060 bytes
SHA-256: 32530f3659d7bbe8688acd765477b6175dc7434dde5cdcb4e6d520ba48902827
font_02_sfnt_off000111cf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111CF 17232 bytes
SHA-256: 0f56f56b68045f8412696bc39b91c1973442abfc70abd81aa725e9e65070f3a2
font_03_sfnt_off00013ead.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13EAD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1