Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 437b224be3cf3e06…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.7 KB Created: 2021-07-07 12:36:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 4ebe7fb26da5dd8661934c6aec688e62 SHA-1: 751dd040c514a5cf43d749d860884a55c7ea2b4e SHA-256: 437b224be3cf3e0621eb1946e95077ffe928e6b0962412f1e783903598d23ba7
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a critical ClamAV detection and an ML classifier. It functions as a link farm, directing users to compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting sites. The embedded URLs suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious content, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9910

Heuristics 6

  • 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 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 http://cameronhaddock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160755f083106c---72380586798.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://prosegik.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ff80cae1cb00dbc11e17a92179ed061/zizomovogetotoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deadclan.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4d759bc89c---mubetanonag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gaseg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cu1197s8k8297vj76aff596crs/20018726332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bebelino.ru/userfiles/file/25591671620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e055r8p2gsgtvlsnb6dj20hgv5/42648376601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.loicadesacavem.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086a2dada949---kikizexikut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arab-hams.com/Ups/files/zizaloxodijopewuzopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antik-cafe-bergen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b012f390669---40329674406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3gk9nit39qupt473vserq1ul57/pasizakamabasaxowakufig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a34d7acd73e---juzemajulogurowab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhs1980alumni.com/clients/878257/File/narovidageguponopoxuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flycam.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608356f684e12---24707570594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://otdelkamos.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2301950fbbcbb4e06c052eb01d38fbe5/86682903230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hccc252.ca/clients/e/e4/e484b38507f190a955b66748903449e1/File/42589883564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pocatellocampfire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l015hu96nmhvumlsneqc01c45d/2936776065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primax.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/le23ecr34f7occaskps5ffhjs3/jupoturukopufon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tims.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19130424991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cec-intl.ru/app/webroot/files/file/gadiramobuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hayatteknoloji.com/webimage/file/4629776498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paradisetourkorea.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210618_4237E03D1370C1FB.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--e1aaafipco3bk8gra3b.xn--p1ai/upload_picture/file/91194739476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80akij1ajew.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160817d9cac413---87895063259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seoulsquare.com/userfiles/file/gubosesulur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=expected+value+of+an+exponential+random+variablePDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f681.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF681 11004 bytes
SHA-256: 77e8560b9ce42392fe3019c1137c4db88f2791360edb54fa41165fa841c25134
font_01_sfnt_off00010fd5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10FD5 20324 bytes
SHA-256: 233e76f0b50f00fa182a1d8005d5bb3488bedd1fcd01eabd82f2e8a36669a614
font_02_sfnt_off00014762.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14762 16084 bytes
SHA-256: 325c5f5cda05429ae92d15c23118ca1b8712e485108c584e1e30b0ff615913b7
font_03_sfnt_off00015c8e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15C8E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1