Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 37fd033a4f2df91a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.3 KB Created: 2021-09-18 20:43:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: b99ee0af37296f460cbd204e12dc4304 SHA-1: d52759beea4aa1590efa06c66cbd6474b3e2b294 SHA-256: 37fd033a4f2df91a32d565abef504edbc24018ad36c6e0dd5bfa4c2e7ef9844a
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 are hosted on disposable domains or compromised CMS uploads, indicating a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or SEO abuse. The embedded JavaScript could be used to further obfuscate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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://ensegun2.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/finupokesaxefefevidel.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.191seo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141f43371ec3---modemotunezosufunejizowim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trip-sale.ru/userfiles/file/89911754590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://piti.leaddeehub.com/userfiles/files/23532794365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mbzgogo.xyz/web/img/podborky/files/94341337985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thenikharvconsultancy.com/userfiles/file/mixujijelivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vigo.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134100e760af---sibifiziki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kartywspomnien.pl/uploads/assets/file/poromuxigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yp05.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/14169014604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ozt.zielonetarasy-cieplice.pl/uploads/userfiles/files/figugaxotona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhodnoceni-penez.cz/is/images/FCKeditor/File/19635646115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pnutf4pfotn7l8c6fqpslcr2h4/lazigufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beaumont-residence.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cks9i4m3nhc20nvurachec744p/sepamamijewadazinada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musclecar-taps.com/js/upload/files/62556453467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heatexchangersolution.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-13/20210913142517914686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://servicepapik.ro/files/73418081045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.erealitysolutions.com/tennisontario/assets/appsadmin/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bupekojufiretaginumebajex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://d-a-s.cn/userfiles/file/pukofumadudaripage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kadinlarsitesi.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161302e863d1d5---fukir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://retailcop.ca/files/gifofigogid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ichapps.peaceofworld.com/ichapps/ckeditor-ckfinder-integration/uploads/files/64316352099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buyyoutubecomments.com/ci/userfiles/files/89889936990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=all+minecraft+pocket+editionPDF 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_off0000e710.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE710 18552 bytes
SHA-256: debaa9ad303034923c56e7f573789d5c78e1fdfb7b05a71fa1afc34361521f5f
font_01_sfnt_off00011706.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11706 10684 bytes
SHA-256: 96a2726a1435a6e94af6e2e519d5ec88cd38502664d84bcb6a919b855b674445
font_02_sfnt_off00012f76.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F76 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1