Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5b37f09547ce5148…

MALICIOUS

PDF

67.9 KB Created: 2021-09-22 12:59:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 9ecb64bfa05a2dd5ccef55b68e9b3e5c SHA-1: 6a7839f042ea2247658560f51ed21bbaa8e98bac SHA-256: 5b37f09547ce51481c5ba23259cb010c8f7dc567d1690f214254adcca77dfcd8
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF employs an image-based lure, presenting a screenshot to entice user interaction with embedded links. Multiple heuristics indicate this PDF is part of a link farm hosted on compromised websites, likely serving as a phishing or malware distribution front. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, with the embedded URLs pointing to potentially malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 67 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=download+usb+otg PDF link annotation
    • https://alkhairi.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f177a4c2b9699eac114b11cfb3f268e/jagunutesofab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://propbrains.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/32d8f1e936cc858b0264c55fd04fdf21/75622803258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theptaynam.vn/upload/files/vibipol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://noithatmyhome.com/img/files/85037680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://namhungholdings.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/jeropirapilibej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pickup-ws.com/userfiles/files/fupiriwetifogaririnoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://n2nnetworks.com/files/others/77812037886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bc2000.order-pro.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22348811963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://training-solutions.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e80f9404d3---lumuxisesapefepumenogojis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://effektfilm.de/files/file/fivukuxolaxar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pass38.com/images/contentimages/files/7855981461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hzxf.com/images/upload/File/7264245067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trieuduong.com/images/Download/35415374126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pielinks.com/UserFiles/file/jotugatakukurukonavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bangladeshceramicsociety.com/uploads/editor/files/garobibobefovuged.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettipassarinmarzotto.com/userfiles/files/mobawukofukowavureluwiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://isemya.by/modules/ariol/static/ariol/ckfinder/files/35969519711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.caesarstravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135f38583494---parasejonetove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agroanaliz.by/upload/editor/files/37159328946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fleuriste79.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54414893154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lashmakerpro.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kpfas3l9ed84vu7i1vnkp7j2p3/51802963213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ets-sptk.ru/pic/file/wisirurajiledexisetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rioairporttransfer.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47274841648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://visualpaint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161344251584fd---1266581680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tiramisu-o.com/yamituki-n/uploads/files/tejigugepaxogitotab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000b05c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB05C 14016 bytes
SHA-256: a0c02e193aaa62e226399ba9c42168e8df944894a3ecfc82d4174809a082a098
font_01_sfnt_off0000d2c0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD2C0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000ead7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAD7 10428 bytes
SHA-256: 6a1d795fd3cb4f1da8231102d00b2083b4c83e3b5d829ac7c8a56d6f167a9721