Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 37fc7d79c45c2201…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.5 KB Created: 2021-07-28 02:58:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 7b17049b1cbdb9b0a61328d19beaf2c9 SHA-1: 6d5584b341cec879d3116c820946c0f058dced53 SHA-256: 37fc7d79c45c2201534ce82d126a6ded6b2d2362fde891ee6edc21d2b463c356
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9989

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 http://kaizousha.com/js/upload/files/76538201690.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://tonystelly.com/clients/873487/File/85004868847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thumpamonpally.com/userfiles/file/fesetenix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://papaicountrylodge-longstay.com/user_img/files/fafapojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://futuralagoparking.eu/userfiles/files/dipediresefetisegajok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://khambenhxahoi115.com/images/files/36128533668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mariellatriolo.it/public/file/52575592061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.segurosfacility.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d22c17e782---gukalosigazokadunitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3q1p.com/upload/file/210707065029820251rbo61slhkki3.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stitesattorney.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/71368155053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alamansyria.com/userfiles/file/zunejemunonow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dongytueduc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5blc195o3hcdu7pb3pfnvp5601/87416978753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.spoton.pet/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u0ctl5t26mdva1h8g2qub8toc4/rulepisexotitiburaxapivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adatechotomasyon.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f78488acd1---81103721158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kidnuri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160df5032693d1---26152779697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://roweryelectra.eu/app/webroot/uploads/file/16202319745155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.appsolutely.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab5c7a90061---68861464958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://happypalettebnb.com/CKEdit/upload/files/xelebibotidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidcosz.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/so2m7vk44i5j96al2eb7m3u9ig/26172855988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olmitek.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rqk1rqu9kjqghg036cjv0i51e6/55301379108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yachtandgulet.com/userfiles/file/47173073513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://contact-house.com/fckeditor/upload/file/xuzewogazove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://profesniprukaz.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/debamamikevegodojixav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=best+in+class+margaret+talbot+answer+keyPDF 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_off00010a09.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A09 16948 bytes
SHA-256: 5c51504851025fe9374faa1286de22c798b7ba56a757d89d50ebb416612fbd71
font_01_sfnt_off000135ce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x135CE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014de5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14DE5 11056 bytes
SHA-256: c18a97f17225416b075270b1cf8ee4556221615573128fd7ad0910185d38101d