Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a37f050d9e7ce762…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.3 KB Created: 2021-07-20 13:02:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 1d0a13b2fae25d8d8127162d6c252fe2 SHA-1: e36423b7897c4b7f252f1ac3ff983f70ea3067fd SHA-256: a37f050d9e7ce7626b2c7f2def60121f753d46c7ee01fb0607457fe28f58f03d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, which in turn host other PDF files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the structure suggests a lure to download additional malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9822

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 http://thanhlamresort.vn/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075d446503bf---kikizufiwexokibuvemuto.pdf
    • https://miamiuniquelimo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607be953e9d73---jamazobas.pdf
    • https://www.cfo-search.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b54ea7cf73---6462504519.pdf
    • http://matsonconstruction.net/userfiles/file/rusovazoru.pdf
    • https://best-turbos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6b74e0d01d3bec2a7041c6cca3bbc37d/79866245630.pdf
    • https://tkpmission.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080647048ae1---77776368635.pdf
    • https://lsp.od.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/poa24tfqio0cr096ro9e44p9l6/xavifipafadesoniwil.pdf
    • http://acecaalcoy.com/userfiles/file/wijidujubufa.pdf
    • https://dentalrud.com/userfiles/file/ludikamefibinorizidoruzev.pdf
    • https://nobleanimalsanctuary.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/6124118051.pdf
    • https://wurstfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b89e3e744a8510b885addbc16de21981/27294808637.pdf
    • http://meyergarden.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fuvafadojaliwuk.pdf
    • https://www.physioaktivkramer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a48b6c9306---82807779136.pdf
    • http://sklepjola.pl/userfiles/file/gefegapenolagitumuzixajuv.pdf
    • https://www.electriclighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f282e2346c24ca1abb58a66e7a62f9b/1452573276.pdf
    • http://omgmediatank.com/userfiles/files/jaluf.pdf
    • https://freebcard.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bikofesonupakuweded.pdf
    • https://www.elektrobetrieb-scholz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160749e5ea1e91---98025282536.pdf
    • https://armagedonspedycja.pl/files/file/86939281467.pdf
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d635bcdc56f---21960643726.pdf
    • https://www.hintonassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c572b99797ace49b48be8df18c18827/36879128744.pdf
    • https://forumhotel.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ohpnadl0praom4nsnt11t26fn5/gikomazodebev.pdf
    • https://www.saenger-ohg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fe91dbab2d---tizorefigenidarejanubavi.pdf
    • https://mujeresenmovimientoplus.com/userfiles/file/kakalaxiluwato.pdf
    • http://chagatea.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/36eae0b4d23b787ac08f919a12826831/mevitinutad.pdf
    • https://www.sudburyhighspeedinternet.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/48213e34c88174e0a019cd5465ba499f/giwaja.pdf
    • http://www.melloecastro.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085a85933e60---lulukivasuvegafuzofewu.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=the+initial+encounter+with+an+allergen+is+called+the
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f8c4.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8C4 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000110db.bin
0da89ae572f0eea5e2fc6aaf1d51b8d83e983c8d3991293daf9d0101eb6a4f2b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110DB 10800 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001298f.bin
236176b6681a6517d69bda262ab26a0596c19371fbbde90f6dafea03242b991d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1298F 17532 bytes