Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 737b276ac98f7f77…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.1 KB Created: 2021-09-06 14:18:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 0aefc357c0c5501fea63e61d329ea2f7 SHA-1: dc374244bf780550a3083cddb590301e560b2dda SHA-256: 737b276ac98f7f772cd0f07862b87397208465889615111a01a2399da9cd6f57
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to trick users into downloading a second-stage payload disguised as a manual.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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 https://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=modelsim+user+manual+10.6 PDF link annotation
    • http://neuragen.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160870a9a4991b---1093104237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phayaotechno.com/UserFiles/File/tenowofadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ceramvetro.net/userfiles/file/gutudexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ongxoanhdpe.vn/upload/files/5042326422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.trimbleexpress.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b23054e0074---vipefuro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.consorcio.edu.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160753f68356e6---sixejurudalinidojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/64prbo1sl7tq7noci00te3gp46/nigerufisulomezapuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liily.jp/upload/file/20210808094105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bompentax.com/quangbasanpham/app/webroot/upload/image/files/68263209783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaizousha.com/js/upload/files/fotibimirodatabikebapofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exosportsante.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71277398537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cwlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/28245cd11a5a1aa20bda3ea97fafc2b3/40306524912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://strategieb2b.ca/userfiles/file/56761070679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thefutureofgolf.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1f08b25855---domade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daeryuhealthcare.com/ckupload/files/42532749308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmjrgoldhockey.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/73fefc11e4ef9d399e2dfa4df9072ace/zijabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://concurs-euclid.ro/upload/fck/54559405888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deitratech.com/userfiles/file/32456583516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aiskreunion.com/clients/b/b4/b417c2091670ce0b0d78f4b231aea02c/File/fiwunifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adlinefor.com/home/webagen/public_html/korn/data/file/78701942197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elcwma.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/fonaxivurutasepasorekawiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://montpellier-business-plan.com/mbp/upload/images/images/upload/ckfinder/gedagimilevuzol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.truesdalepainting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a37cf3566d5---felebolitasifiwejezuju.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_off0000e75c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE75C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ff6e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF6E 17960 bytes
SHA-256: 715b7e10283e69191a51dd78f61babf2448a18eeb33f9df782a9ec47ed0f75b8
font_02_sfnt_off00012dea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12DEA 10812 bytes
SHA-256: e530194405b468824cea247f97b4a33f344bd19e68fc5ee901375bad81a3d9a8