Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 637122b005caad3e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

102.8 KB Created: 2021-09-03 02:33:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 8d32dee1f9e1d328ceeb014b9e593cc0 SHA-1: 8ac7ad9494d74a0a2f13235de3ca5a9f7d8f5f9f SHA-256: 637122b005caad3eda4f561d276582d8b0044348ba2919ff9e28773812b069cb
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains a large number of embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to lead users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the link farm and the presence of embedded URLs are indicative of an attempt to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9867

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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://giasusinhvien.net/upload/files/4788653584.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9aff86be20322321ba1a55c18ec7ac29/wozimeminapupujunibiru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mtreurope.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sobagovatarironizenamir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://designbeginnings.com/upload/file/zovorexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zionapostolicministries.org/uploads/file/95313021500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.thecandystoresudbury.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lqdna5sid2urgterc0upqr20st/68492059939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lindopoint.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1132813afc9dd5d8040aea9f5847661c/kowagib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercato.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081969651fb4---87427747126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://athensviptour.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/47c932d9937b8eefdab5c2db5009ac89/50455630256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.audioclinica.pt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i9rr3em2a5un1rgfl36jr5gdi5/wigikazogosazotusonoruraj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://machinex-machines.com/UserFiles/File/23723676695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://archltginc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5dbda51c078e422a0e8f679f76092e16/25089718781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nam.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b24d18cd5a1---43804921935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://freemansphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dcc73be8227---potewukelit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anshan56.cn/userfiles/file/1629938549902122140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaplanpm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a4b4353d54---pegaxevafavegego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.investing-in-women.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160910a84befb0---93312179245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doorsatyrau.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94865351449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eclipsetheaters.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608dbe049bbaa---99573146121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robbinsfamilyhealthcare.com/clients/2/2c/2c787fa606fc56c3a3a24dfc5409695f/File/54462710373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terwaarde.be/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19931941344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holderit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4cd357b52b---namipolaropunexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medical-psychology.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606eed37180b0---fedetibamewomoramarukixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zgkimsteszew.pl/img/upload/files/mawagaliseludajakuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akbmodel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd9bf0bd783---midozulopedepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thuexe7cho.vn/upload/files/19861548062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://puertoestereo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/erjmnu51sc4kbb21paikhrd6fb/kokasemenuliwepal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cruiseship.cruises/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dtqvatg0pjqhg5t0rprh74sucp/vojexanozereregejipotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=definition+of+pastoral+care+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_off00012d1b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D1B 10616 bytes
SHA-256: 631dddc3c60f4a0a21c55b7ff7fd049ade1fda2a64734710114c83a1b3aa6c61
font_01_sfnt_off0001457b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1457B 18264 bytes
SHA-256: 295ffc23a9cbf4a7c7cd816392708547ff1da41ea6c26db4faae3471a31256dd
font_02_sfnt_off00017505.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17505 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1