Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a37f78d4ced9d33d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

66.9 KB Created: 2021-09-28 10:18:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: 3e874b47d6c07949572c15f8ce81714d SHA-1: 531b47abf37aed6f0d740e9f2c647787769fe6c3 SHA-256: a37f78d4ced9d33d7a046c413ad4ac7d74d1d7704c23163c484377c994607335
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF is identified as a phishing lure due to its image-only nature and a clickable action. It contains multiple links, including one to an algorithmically-generated URL, and others hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9963

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 66 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=naruto+shippuden+165 PDF link annotation
    • http://www.ddd-iasi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ee73291b5a---2570476471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hzkontejnery.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wegegelovuxudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://truongthanhco.vn/webroot/img/files/92001782613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kettosallampolgarsag.net/imagini_ws/84674769096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aceonlinementors.com/userfiles/file/zifovomojupig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brakos.it/file/paratuvuzodokidajonifimov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autosklo.sk/pictures/file/50776573449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://volamthienha.top/userfiles/file/tawexefekuwisokapijaxos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nguyenthaotech.com/upload/files/11262156110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sanidom.pl/img/file/76669696149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vzwsportenmuziek.com/content_docs/49195062246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snp-ent.com/files/fckeditor/file/200892646961452ba03e58e.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--78-6kce7dfhb9dwb.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/355d47263edb7781c555a9d19a81112a/xufogovoruxubugavepowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shengnabei.com/uploadfile/file///2021092406031326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.keizerco.nl/userFiles/file/66771828597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laser-piskovani.cz/democms/userfiles/file/45811634468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lotuscourtpune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1158b62ca9a20e74575db063ceb4f8fe/23249854619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ibshospitals.com/userfiles/file/38672238662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joy05.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/gisusazuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariobubiniregini.eu/userfiles/files/rozixotitaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leicht-spb.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bc687a527abd1a512ed1c4c866a485af/movoxiwejeduvujazulur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://logopeda-empatia.pl/content/file/89707975969.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_off0000acf1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xACF1 13172 bytes
SHA-256: 5525a4f0bee7a4c72bb394d5c4f6559686ee694661520fb14ec646ad62d4a5be
font_01_sfnt_off0000cd38.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD38 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e54f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE54F 10876 bytes
SHA-256: 4aa7d8cbab204a40d7a46f9d798318ab64c2d401fcceb6e7df565714cde01395