Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 837640a0765448c8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.5 KB Created: 2021-07-05 11:02:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-16
MD5: 34f489b4f3b5145c277ca25149dee0f7 SHA-1: 90840806b0eed5f9361eae2b1b8b08b01881da8b SHA-256: 837640a0765448c8d6593ac4eae80b2f5ce7576c657ca062372cfa37d04e06d3
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a link farm designed to host or distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URIs are indicative of a malicious document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=troubleshooting+refrigeration+systems+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://anonelectronics.com/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/upload_jpg/file/202105050349327076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thuduchouse.vn/pics/file/bixamizelumataziwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mas.vacations/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fe245cb2a8---12799546777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kinocosmik.ru/sadm_files/xepimuvuvoxepapuweko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f038a84059---wenutogokib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vdbergelectro.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3084406d9f97c9607c7c477b642829cd/mumifujipifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9361d6c163---benimonuxajutowemuvul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://revapackers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tm4atackeld3f054oe3ilekjeo/feviwuxipofokazefiwigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agcslohian.com/userfiles/file/84823867605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e671363977---vipuzadejemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dsodrecital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160836e1f89b1f---pubufinasinif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://michaels-limo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cd0ff9227e6---43033828840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://birzebbugastpetersfc.com/files/file/70063857864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argol-editions.fr/userfiles/file/rugifawomupabolakabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleyhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e5dae982f4e982f7c773e8e508fc100/balowokuriboximozuwaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://escolacaritas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c768e65451---zujanubidalezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ohappy.org/userData/board/file/12909167755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gk-termopanel.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c2eb6b75cd71e2303d85273d0bc66d7f/5323804854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jngf.cn/files/file/41397877152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creativitagh.com/pevron/www/img/file/wolukipum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yingzhaoliuart.com/upload/file/zuvexasixipigepanuwesepos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadiantreasurer.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607da0bac4069---zataxololer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kantankacreative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5340e572b5b85e474b06251767666bdf/somedawopaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://congtrinhnhaviet.vn/upload/files/94770131192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vivelamusica.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160866194dea40---pidabofisumolavegajugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://midiabyz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72ca514fa76290bd128681beae1bb587/liseveworuxebiwa.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_off0000dca5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCA5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f4bc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4BC 11260 bytes
SHA-256: 697c3f3252bc87da5a7f676804c2c552fc16445cacd790a42560762f3b380e12
font_02_sfnt_off00010e91.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E91 16224 bytes
SHA-256: dbab52fbf5ef2423fd9b33af56b45bca9ffa8c6f3ff306a3bfbd9d1fc6ca5f30