Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 37ff3c58be31f664…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.5 KB Created: 2021-07-22 15:06:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: b1122694cfdd98fbbe5420bc4cb04bb1 SHA-1: ee8ca04e127722ca5cb2155aff4a4c625cf098c5 SHA-256: 37ff3c58be31f66497f69e7658c5fb82a78f21b50302789afe33074d3effdfe3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or redirection attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to lead the user to a malicious site or download further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9848

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://phanphoiongnhuahoasen.vn/upload/files/89405952076.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://friluftsgruppen.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f7bce4cc7c9---32323297710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.siemers-deutschmann.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/te4q2voi5ojb1es4c91f8o2p1j/2402993604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nessie-vinylcare.com/file/60295011314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.magicapro.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160881ff22857f---gigelewitosasigosixupipok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kingdomdatesuae.com/userfiles/files/sizawujutimobivusubuzariv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bhsbeacon.com/FCKeditor/file/tudapozabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dispomydeal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bae8c605380a9074bca24bebaf9f9f14/30826216588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxartparquet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c8b089091d8666db335d82398fbd63d6/24510105336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://centrosteadycam.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/32790a5bc0c947092d5186b3c4b72de2/zajavivin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ecvbrass.ch/user/web/file/25347050828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thankschicken.com/uploads/files/45397389468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gikguamerica.com/userfiles/file/vogipukid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicofrisoli.com/userfiles/files/12551761822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fan-consultants.com.tw/ezadmin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26809648471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://everbeenmagnet.com/js/upfiles/files/tusipajolaval.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://festivalecolo.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a1dd92923c---54325954052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frontierexim.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3oe9mnurn9ibrbnncu3rlbbdnh/texidepurenubobarexozonow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kalatranslation.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c3a1oqv8pq0lvt9aubr0ne1plo/busavukirojofus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cakenflowersonline.com/userfiles/file/woper.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lorenzofranzone.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc2113c3c7bb6064930a1af5f05d9522/sinix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://espokebar.com/uploads/files/mujutidujafojefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omniatel.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c93ca81a054---jenujidomubadozifogabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baptistenhardenberg.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5b5296e22a---wuzuxagowibefam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readxyz.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e639901a1969e0b5f05e0b38c3093941/dakodokikolom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fatamorgana.fr/uploads/assets/file/taguveju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=red+and+blue+macawPDF 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_off0000ece8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECE8 10324 bytes
SHA-256: 75bfe4bd8e4fc1d7942cc7bab8bc09741a85632538fe8f596eed5c8ec512a2c8
font_01_sfnt_off00010429.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10429 18568 bytes
SHA-256: 46248afe07108d520c6563c0b418e171e9e5528302e711c7d5175f724390b64f
font_02_sfnt_off0001345f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1345F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1