Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 737ef5db5cc7b93c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.1 KB Created: 2021-07-18 14:59:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: b13a0a15c0ca220d8b85163d5ceb9afe SHA-1: d9984e2778d5b00fdda4658410b1c9c3794dcfe2 SHA-256: 737ef5db5cc7b93c5210e4e6e967586b079535f816f63f866aafa190622502f7
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is a PDF containing numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns suggest it's designed to lure users to malicious destinations.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9848

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://www.mclarenpress.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e71121fb02---87552927604.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://sdyh.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4d2gijsvcqq4a4uubo8nb805c1/9398621896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ibyservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e2da28d3d245e4711f36d7c42a8fa362/fizekupazawinaxav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cargeacrew.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160894ade39df7---45494163220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mgmkt.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160714733d8c79---dabem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refour.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/26f09843dfd22c16e2d3211dbff6a421/zezugadedazulum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://backcountryplayground.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e0168d86ab4a9fcfc312f61f3a7a66c4/tigibigima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://piemonteforyou.it/userfiles/file/mofamomuneguvute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caratow.eu/userfiles/file/38073779388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alternativecarrepair.com/userfiles/file/tokezawapezitunogixonal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniondeautoescuelas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e79f94bf74---40170337391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://halobysciton.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086642d229e2---kiwududufukixol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--22ck6bdp5cach0mc23a.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57281644435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heilpraxis-pankow.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d07c0d7786b---97954197251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeskulap24h.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a04c9998392---60780512905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leap-egypt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160957a38475dd---87630850433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/svje23t1ddq475q4l85ulfb4ul/35356820981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zerling.eu/nico/images/files/69975561500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davinci.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609447921a218---84694012302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clair-environnement.eu/catalogue_dynamique/file/zevifunof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.breastcancerfoundation.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2131e7b3a2a4d652840ce9cbc196c7ca/juvedelifabimumogipil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kolodezrus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/64d4fd5f993495975b5486f2577e7b48/73539750285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fecomerciomg.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad51e8be12c---90321655839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8399c26e2d8c842744f05cd141fbec93/tekosumutisovefevifuto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleypto.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/49891477efe96c0b5c6beda9c6638325/pabob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.etbsupplies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a675bc696d---mebom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=cool+easy+minecraft+house+ideasPDF 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_off0000ed8b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED8B 16948 bytes
SHA-256: 0afb3ac43bd2add0aa8547ccdbb769a358c19c466a00c6e987eeebe7d7818861
font_01_sfnt_off000119c8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119C8 10984 bytes
SHA-256: 458f22bddda9bbb1fe431a5877ad075a2d0351b17b6c44cdb66d769503251f68
font_02_sfnt_off00013320.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13320 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1