Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 637dd94d4e1b277c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.6 KB Created: 2021-09-19 20:05:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: be038d34c5b4301ed5ef6c006575ff2b SHA-1: e94cf21aaa9b7cfa0cf1d75212c42b03233b80e4 SHA-256: 637dd94d4e1b277cca65511ae8c9ebf31caefb6c09682a0c75089db5f2c28f1e
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1059.007 JavaScript T1553.005 Security Software Installation

The PDF contains numerous links to external sites, many hosted on compromised WordPress installations, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The heuristic 'SE_SECURITY_BYPASS' indicates the document instructs the user to disable security software, a common tactic for malware delivery. The ML classifier also strongly flagged this PDF as malicious.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Security software disable instruction high SE_SECURITY_BYPASS
    Document instructs the user to disable antivirus or security software — unusual for ordinary documents and high-risk in an unsolicited file
  • 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://1sis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b395547217---66875640747.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://halvani.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a0c4a5cc84---38819905066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miskolciharsona.hu/pictures/file/96439210853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://journeypeople.cc/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d11cb7063b01013e1ae623da81f17674/42914617092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hamzalegalservices.com/userfiles/file/zemato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szintai.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2383518172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://securitydm.com/slicice/file/38685726799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intelekt.biz/uploads/pages/files/50734747479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.espymetcalf.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613dfb3534d25---numisiketemozowaxosiwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pasted-radio.de/web/files/tizinujoxetugulaxuvabikus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://korea-seals.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gerubemagokibemadufidokik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peggylittlelawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/8730128243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imaggu.com/ci/userfiles/files/mowukuxaxexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://actlogistic.vn/upload/editor/files/lowipewofam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3t-t.com/User_File/UpFile/file/20210915151433_OTc5NDk4MzkyOTU=.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://penzionnakrizankach.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50525981629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://srtcivilnorth.com/ckeditor_file/files/66954460174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sungsam.net/userData/board/file/kawometulanusobew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betalinktech.com/blmedia/file/wamizaperadofimuguwida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://instit.ac/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kitolelofejokuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://freshchannels.com/home/sites/freshchannels/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/suvixinigaribox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gotoippc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30850242639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pasifikendustriyel.com/userfiles/file/vekixedupile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arihantgranites.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2bbb92b04a848b1ea9eca45aafc42368/15986437762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doo-san.com/userfiles/file/20210911044913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haciogullari.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/66752419846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=graphics+booster+for+androidPDF 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_off0000e68e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE68E 18696 bytes
SHA-256: e19149d993e8327b5a489e93ed49372cd7bd4202428c254ace8d9326cf76dfe6
font_01_sfnt_off0001177b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1177B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012f92.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F92 10848 bytes
SHA-256: 73067b257f9728b355af1fa11805fa96c47c44558870dd0e09b109a88970aba6