Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a37bd8bc31a0add8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.0 KB Created: 2021-06-30 12:23:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 68cea031d1a8a98639c902c2397c9928 SHA-1: ceb4a9cb0662a67ea6c877a22f5be700dfbbc66e SHA-256: a37bd8bc31a0add8094d574200edcff4903bdf5b4a7f4e212be3ca900698149f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are consistent with a phishing lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9937

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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=what%27s+the+reply+of+thank+you PDF link annotation
    • http://sarahscupcakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7272de4f7f---zakeleve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.opencalgary.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160703193f23bd---jusizaropajex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kachhiproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v05gkt94mlri4nfir0v4branj4/wedepudebufuxexafopevejiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doitsolutions.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ceb2b6167ffd3c01fe68d7c1a7dc2ce/bilukunojibuninudukiwup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-aalst.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160856beb5d49e---xufizanadekuxed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amandatravel.com/userfiles/file/tatepemuvifirebog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heykidsletscook.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/55a5f62b18c3df5c565c8215fe9812d6/talutalunaniku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bahattinburyan.com/userfiles/file/59006492080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stpatricksreunion.com/clients/84553/File/27560203145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chocoinmobiliario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a0413d353eff3c3591f02186eecd6792/sawevusurokivobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.actionconstructionjax.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4faf1f6fdf9066953d37e4d7475c6a02/moperagafunexilejedarikiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vibrosystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5c68c82456---jofubasoverilisofebiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1atlanticfunding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609448a0c657b---lixafeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cedresarquitectura.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160896e310c65e---kafaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leo-translate.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609120062fa70---nagiwesijazewuwixomeletet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marbelitesa.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c8e8c6d3d8---90415578377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--e1aazeoc7d.xn--p1ai/images/shared/file/zuxesivotafelikopotonaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dnevi-sekretarjev.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cca7581d737---xononisozefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radiopopiatej.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d1a8aaf596---9193739267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://capitalsyndic.com/userfiles/file/66412837545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirandatutoringcentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609436c3b4e18---37880207817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://g-ortho.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608581325ee73---nuwobibamobupofokedov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matonaklawfirm.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/favapawowofawenomemejipex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archimax.ch/dynamic-images/cms/file/tobotogomasikomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ovartec.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074c8715d7ee---49444471082.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_off000113dc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113DC 10696 bytes
SHA-256: ca0ff235a68ef99f0c4d765309b1b8297364f9cc3390b07439e635901bc20816
font_01_sfnt_off00012c7c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C7C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001448e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1448E 17080 bytes
SHA-256: a519e1b35e8d20b8b3e74048120fd1c605cabd7385979f877c74b4678ef3649a

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