Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 937105b7c29f200f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.3 KB Created: 2021-09-14 12:48:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 842b8e24890e778a9251385e37a2d54d SHA-1: 425d18ee501600a3c47ca6ff3b78117f79cf8efa SHA-256: 937105b7c29f200fc816025e3a9c95d07fc160d432cb02ac28f611cadd508254
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to redirect users to malicious content or download a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://xboxheerlen.nl/userfiles/file/10765501902.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://iphysiology.ru/upload/26581828868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maszyny.pl/userfiles/file/44946199641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fk-fudosan.1nino3.com/app/webroot/img/userfiles/files/vimubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.diktu.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fb7ee215c5---penerivitanasililik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://staffxrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/115c4e8ced152fc3c409a423f241c13c/dagawelopobofofob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yksskj.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/10434205801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rybarict.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86105062296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cvssteelex.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84480293413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cjmfgxfollow.morefriendship.com/upload/files/8004248675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taiwan-tiaya.com/upload/tiaya_official/files/voraradinutokifonuwupuvas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karelo.com/uploads/File/16997079905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicoforace.eu/userfiles/files/modudetiriravoruzugedajar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tulsarad.com/my_content/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gutepovuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://princeverma.in/uploads/files/jawubugudipisatavokufewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sevgineslianaokulu.com/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/zejenavabufiwawulop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tanhoaphat.vn/userfiles/file/zuxodosugojaferekiregesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sbkf.org/files/files/bexoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fullerton.kopanramen.com/uploads/files/nubebokugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kirmatas.com/userfiles/file/nezerunipiropoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unipell.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161331efadcb72---46556578316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://intelean.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fde13474a1---18604743646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ls-machinery.com/uploadpic/files/202109020136486196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reifenscho.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161336e655b074---22851169671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bowenlawmt.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/22258131086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=graph+of+inverse+tangent+functionPDF 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_off0000d47f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD47F 18700 bytes
SHA-256: 2c9bdf744dbbe73575209e4f087c78dbb3475db72ace02dd4357fa3840d77e25
font_01_sfnt_off00010589.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10589 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011da0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DA0 10920 bytes
SHA-256: c6156842f3c247ebe46edb9526976a04736567dc7f2def319646b4bcd0229242