Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 37fd4fc4b1a54afb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.5 KB Created: 2021-09-03 05:04:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: fba0928cb5da33908f0ba8fa13be2670 SHA-1: aecc5ae64bc7f2d8c35b8c08710a594f493f815d SHA-256: 37fd4fc4b1a54afbb7f2c969ed5ffc0b0d2be2262990ce57cd6c389b9b4e86ac
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, presenting numerous URLs, some hosted on compromised CMS uploads, to disguise its true purpose. The presence of PRC/3D content and embedded URIs suggests an attempt to exploit PDF viewers or deliver malicious content. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure points to a phishing or malware distribution lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 7

  • PRC/3D content in PDF medium CVE related PDF_PRC_3D
    PDF contains PRC 3D content. PRC/U3D parsers have been a recurring Adobe Reader attack surface; treat as a related parser-exploit indicator rather than a specific CVE match.
  • 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.
  • 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://ceccarbotosani.ro/userfiles/file/jadabilokefalam.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://campbellelectronics.com/uploads/kufawawuduxazilijavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lifesmart.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sumujofud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giftboxvietthuy.com/upload/ck/files/pojojos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.northern-japan.com/image/upload/File/nogunixipirazuriw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.qlsny.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fb6094f904d551a76d43f35c81619c1c/15315427234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alpinebadmintonacademy.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67682663342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wksystems.net/HotelEstimator/userfiles/file/25503519143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zoncmswebsitebeheer.nl/files/editor/file/dadekesixufewulowunise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chichen.asia/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gagedusixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://berkeleyhigh64.com/clients/9/99/99a482d4bd0dc5522cc24ea7f8204a07/File/jenegoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joyfool.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/65010f6833c6d3541f52325f932fe542/renajisuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dfa-finanz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075e4c57db87---96608776499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://southport1969.com/clients/861680/File/29388945228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://morethancleaningservices.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a8454b6f42782cd618092cf69b7eb45/94163192880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hefcom-hydraulics.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54770146758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skupp.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ee72eeddc4---jegifikitosoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leicht-spb.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/36633142516f67b71335350462ef5289/paxobuxemilolututi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://murten-hotel.ch/userfiles/files/lifisate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ruxthai.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7033860301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newtech-utm.pl/userfiles/file/puruvazifivunidanezoleg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad01779ebb5---84262536269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://watthaistuttgart.de/userfiles/file/desuwixagilemojurufuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/61313a2vikbt3f0mdhofct0c13/monezitujitiwizozako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://astmasme.com/userData/board/file/46567919895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=form+15g+for+pf+withdrawal+download+pdfPDF 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_off0000d376.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD376 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000eb8d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB8D 10892 bytes
SHA-256: 35a6e1f7067b3daf1f5d1ea4edf2d79214173009b5c15e42c6c802f20bd4751a
font_02_sfnt_off0001046a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1046A 18156 bytes
SHA-256: 893605a0065d3169040e6e08b7ea961c19ec9a4be6cb3cf7d83861b84f8f35a2