Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 37f5e1f05a8a4061…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.3 KB Created: 2021-09-01 20:09:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 6b7400fa87d2b2345208311054d910e8 SHA-1: 449e29f219b58bb580ae220707a5f0f30a76da91 SHA-256: 37f5e1f05a8a4061bdc14583048108e3fcbf728d8b77564446e2b78cdc0749e7
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics indicates a pattern of hosting malicious content on potentially untrustworthy sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://sf-tfi-pgu.uz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0258e1cf6bec7848815e173b0c2faca4/12222258426.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://projetounificado.com/uploads/files/43889691765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kimsanghun.com/upload/userfiles/file/2021810344327309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://playbabydoll.com/userfiles/file/bilakalelarodakiketawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beaufortbond.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/19a9bf66ccc419d478b90f071ddb7c09/ruvopofezulavegexoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spacio.hk/attachment/file/veguniferipiwoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeskulap24h.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f1c05be7383---18644484049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jrpst.pl/userfiles/file/57191735119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sakem.org/userfiles/files/fewawegubuzokegolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://superplasticizer.cn/d/files/tunitibulunebavilajax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alternativefitness.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d5458404184---96054041259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laboratoriologos.it/userfiles/files/belegaresik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fairytaleweddingsandeventsbymary.com/clients/f/f2/f272f95a0afb65faa7304057ec0e56f6/File/lewiperuvef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxurytravel-show.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1edc7f51c508e11caedfb98c39dfa8e1/43476088065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.endthestigmacounselling.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hh7vjik8jer5vmke742pd2cfbp/tuwuxidipafukipebaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qataminational.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/borimimasebajenutonej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dabien.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612832868d231---2867570246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polinagerz.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aplfkl26s0j6jh6h56bek54ova/90569263045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gmicropilotes.com/uploads/files/61716738518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eseninternational.com/uploads/files/98195443258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.enviedecrire.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f36330596f---59449582537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discoveryenglish.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc607b98194---99435905259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vistobrasil.net/uploads/file/36333797248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vincentianssjp.com/userfiles/file/rirojutojogudagogipika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=ph+of+base+solution+isPDF 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_off0000e88c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE88C 17844 bytes
SHA-256: 02b78054e9e1c4c674ff195ae228cd2d018c58f89508c74c88126e0ec61f3093
font_01_sfnt_off000116e5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116E5 10452 bytes
SHA-256: e93d6ca335e57ae71e97834a3f9a327d2c5b5714fa6e75a1b53dfa1fdd2b603c
font_02_sfnt_off00012e8d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E8D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1