Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a37711c5704236bc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.4 KB Created: 2021-07-27 09:02:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 67dc6f4ccd6cf4917ded7ea0264c542f SHA-1: 9e957a64bf013c79d70d5538f96d47cadab31fee SHA-256: a37711c5704236bc583326cf80a1ffefc8a9529078f98a6a55514aa6bd9b3e36
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm or phishing attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to redirect users to malicious content or phishing pages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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 https://www.hinogas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f90cg0i3o2d4pt4mvqnqvj5aca/53832374847.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://champion-osk.pl/userfiles/file/tikigaxunomabusapotupulas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iphysiology.ru/upload/37790276532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://halvani.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094ceafbfa84---53669817709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://creative-format.com/upload/editor/files/75080213250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brahmagnanam.org/fck_uploads/file/ladizusaxigovela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.anandtirth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t0lbaetbk9i5rqkun81rr5kt95/94787067774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://primeasset.hu/fileok/file/sabavixubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sieuthigo.vn/upload/ck/files/dotinegemizafenaxegenar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://becro-plast.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095b480954f7---bajifofejarizokexen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saludocupacionalpso.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8086376454---6298308782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.opdrrustukalac.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084307e1c0e0---zegenofumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technoauto.jp/js/upload/files/wumovuvojixitapexebewev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baoholaodong24.com/userfiles/file/28924038292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.masismarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c585bebadb05be44e40935180dedd2bd/83209010522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://neavocats.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e36c20a811b84b41712e2633a7591786/17131193464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://victorylimo1.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607693fe76b04---xurusofoxogojevijet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baraanduliaptti.org/userfiles/file/44461090255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamstudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f5e29246a4823b8b515ea8c7d1483493/97365670437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ivankotov.ru/img/lib/file/71227492048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pfgmm.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a482c914aa9---2039681767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ediljolli.com/userfiles/files/jazuvipika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://china-engine.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/riganejili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://structurecreative.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160914a7992246---nodasaximinibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=examen+lainitas+primer+bimestre+quinto+grado+gratisPDF 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_off0001012b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1012B 19832 bytes
SHA-256: 2ba751533394a20c9a0640bf6b31932e6609fb05f9b4acbb9ab2a5480829b3f4
font_01_sfnt_off00013406.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13406 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014c1d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14C1D 11208 bytes
SHA-256: 1a83bbd40cc0e7d2c60e0976498eb855e6d1b93318eb4f891dc94004b07260ab