Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a37a84b43baba7d4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.5 KB Created: 2021-09-12 21:03:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 2e961ca610728b4d85d976c39016130b SHA-1: 0369f8ab183a6feff9d9180c1e5dbda92584014b SHA-256: a37a84b43baba7d4ca5a877e4857c724fd6d99180e0be330cb7aff91f0b6b498
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://aartipalette.com/userfiles/file/3257083920.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://pecsikult.hu/files/file/18033514910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uralcomservis.ru/crn_fls/crn_files/76258931542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bd-sokolovska.eu/userfiles/file/66338372590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-range.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613014413e15f---malor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mikomisushi.com/uploads/files/76513206057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://freetourscadiz.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20393327666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediabandit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613da5a82521f---punamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135e00913681---babexolefuvop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gkz-crimea.ru/userfiles/file/54143775768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neboskreb-irk.ru/uploads/userfiles/files/telojoxuwosonul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoshitorionline.com/uploads/files/65995786635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sendedianqi.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-5/20210905222059831775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sacc-la-chaux-de-fonds.ch/fichiers/file/takazejopalilaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://instit.ac/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mozekavaxupagalejesijikix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fu-xin.tw/uploads/files/202109041553548918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.louisefarmersmith.com/admin/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57080838204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ruta.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nudujas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bitite.lv/media/txt/122/file/47397363660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beckydavidsonhomes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131f5021f4b3---11010195725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlasautoglass.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132a11950040---zevumegijusal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duhochoangthanh.com/upload/files/dimepifotiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sibzakon.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63767202677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shamshabaddiocese.org/files/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63877798546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=miui+12.5+redmi+9+globalPDF 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_off0000b583.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB583 16164 bytes
SHA-256: 1043de967977971be4f8b59f2ccf647049c3bbe34a1735fd06da561797152c19
font_01_sfnt_off0000df17.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF17 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f72e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF72E 10992 bytes
SHA-256: f03d3071f48cb795d9bb977194aef3bd3b1d8c6a2438bf174b4e606f05e704d1