Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 737d09820269066c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.3 KB Created: 2021-07-29 13:30:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-22
MD5: 88949f47c2027eddc5dcb00762fdea2b SHA-1: 710decb01409fc76e1b764ccdd4126e59fa94cc9 SHA-256: 737d09820269066c05e897e51a38c243e5b2459772b38c5625db5e7976d751a7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or initiating malicious actions. It also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to potentially compromised or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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
  • 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 http://xn--80aafkqcanfpgnhbng3b5i9a.xn--p1ai/pict/file/ramigalubene.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://thriftstorewebsites.com/flash/thriftstorewebsites.com/file/59209327187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comiconfezioni.it/file/dizitesuwijigikavazeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kenshopvn.com/uploads/files/56859797658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daisin1977.com/js/upload/files/39118111647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://churchliferesources.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b97b67ddf50---86762790416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldengrowers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/526c5d282bbc16b6cbc539970bcff780/62372387834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.avenueroadadvertising.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfd69995b73---16794477653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cornwallstaffagency.com/userfiles/file/vosugogasixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.officinadelgustoroma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/71f852ef9ea04b210d06c21aff1cbd1d/putodovawuvuzasezolitodiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coolinterier.sk/upload/files/xasizijokilezax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angelsstaff.com/uploads/file/nikuwow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soba05.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56e5b6fdbfddfe445577c731ee631d60/seviwexagosuzum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jagamimpi.info/contents//files/jewobinibuzugumelatox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://palenice.net/obrazky_clanky/file/9187997491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cualuoihoanmy.com/uploads/userfiles/file/fisotuwixumiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://local-minicab.com/survey/userfiles/files/38151100991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://krossi.ru/images/content/files/lepugapatavefis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eths1967.org/clients/6/6b/6b000f7c2bca5b3a89f93fde6b54c5e6/File/50873055593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chicagoportablexray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2416b86130---61082007791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.haztartasigepszakuzlet.hu/pics/file/32206385018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://specialbrands.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5a827b583142b81dd436414e35da08cb/degovujowexajesebarosux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesoriagarpe.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8ba7a9bca2---66116240320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.autodepotperformancegroup.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6afq5rjbust2hbq8g7ec7mf934/42366764522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stewsites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3da12b8c255b0c3279563556c3ca2cf6/19785163193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=trumpet+solo+pdf+jazzPDF 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_off0001010d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1010D 17292 bytes
SHA-256: f4af77a2ac85777696f4f60f886635a85ea0024b59db54691fcfeff8ca17a52f
font_01_sfnt_off00012dfa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12DFA 10716 bytes
SHA-256: 251eb4c01d3715697314bd62c0a85b458d9a105af863d05ef6bed19efb461eb3
font_02_sfnt_off000146b4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x146B4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1