Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 937d5f67b8df3079…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.8 KB Created: 2021-07-06 08:57:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: d38a076b816617f9dd5d1544ef2343e8 SHA-1: c2c947d6b928c1ef0615f2a0fc21fb495db841da SHA-256: 937d5f67b8df30792cc15c37f175df02fcc0d396f19a2f90cf05bb17fc524e45
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and by an ML classifier as malicious. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting a link farm designed to host and distribute malicious files. The presence of embedded JavaScript, though not explicitly detailed in the provided evidence, is a common vector for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+download+worlds+on+minecraft+xbox+one PDF link annotation
    • https://hotelritariccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607889a6c3fb2---tugukopewinuterutab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://davisfolk.net/clients/1/1f/1f1070e31f35868a9a13f38ee7dc887f/File/14358189570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sparkprototypes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3d10b54c19---fabazopinukoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alvasari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdceff45179---wifezivipigerabamuwufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ijmscr.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ganutapisolesime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arserwood.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210629052957988581zeaf1y.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imreelectric.sk/uploads/file/mukififot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.inter-tube.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cfdccef6e474db8dbd12916ee8f72ba7/saxuxizorux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soles2walk.cz/data/file/bekazopubujagoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.luminicaambiental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c90536a2cac---43874017701.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaaglcftt5alesfkk7f.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e46c71c5e41cd4a9769370f72028dcd4/20150262791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bloomeng.com/uploads/xukadepakonoratafix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dunajecbiala.pl/upload/File/26692915689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skup.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c155bc4592b---kebebiruzijagutakamuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colegiodesafio.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608228baba05c---17903077467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://5uempat.com/contents//files/vokek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://serviceservice.eu/userfiles/file/riderimemevuwegezameboda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brylka-kfz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a896ba3af8b---49207149148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/298b3b25522c982e3254847a0b319df4/fuwibupebidumebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zerosquareonline.com/file/wujepimazarimete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://store-connector.com/_upload_bilder/_filemanager/file/vabatow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erdbau-rauch.at/kuwelaxoridowujotak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akonis.ch/userfiles/files/pemuvefazux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aimic.com/userfiles/file/gefokamolavivamaxi.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_off0000f69a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF69A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010eac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EAC 17408 bytes
SHA-256: cd80b2572851dcb622cd9b920e9ee873122f45854fbbe8a84f7f727aaf667e00
font_02_sfnt_off00013c67.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C67 10956 bytes
SHA-256: e52a3218e92de3e3c97c595dbbac45941d3b5215a3918636f3fe0eac21662e9d