Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b37b6d3a00cc90ba…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.7 KB Created: 2021-07-17 13:05:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 1f1783f9e0b2874b8a6e00ecd7f5feb5 SHA-1: 34f4fc9522ab2d1533f01b1f350370549309825d SHA-256: b37b6d3a00cc90ba2cf53fc0fa06ffa7df290aaaba8c707d3e0d0fface0178be
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution campaign, likely delivered via spearphishing attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://mavismanagement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c05b382bf94---jepegodadudur.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://imssp.by/data/images/fxeditor/file/vodigupepifipuzifixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pendekaremas.com/contents//files/29314844632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ciabrini-immobilier.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fkatb5k1e16m7hdhq0g8hgbtv9/zixajuzuwojiwiwulib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://palet-school.com/files/files/mujez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prunay-en-yvelines.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pimazamekaviwar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eatatrudy.com/uploads/files/defasalelugaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.focus.mu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/acbd2eaff7d1248eeb74a3bf33702efa/kupomosarumupozabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brighterhealthcare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p4hhpm4uijh12g7imv7efn0ssm/25903315308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aguiapromocional.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160767ad693f3e---52634380297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bcbc3399.com/upload/files/83712645422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humble-brag.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t10spo3aqodh29fhko6mg9ik9c/xumudesegavis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bezpiecznamlodosc.org/files/file/mezakenonopupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://philippinesroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9626d817b2791b34fb2e6661e08ff126/79202174796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limpjet.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e8e6ff6f48b8f5f1dc808a6c8cfa4ab4/41857777747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dzbnf.com/upload/file///vivutawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6fc9832ef6.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://premium-house.uz/images/file/wifegifunadoxegogopobosuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rfcorporation.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4f751ef5887fce06a68f4804acd8efd6/niwedovef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.heainc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d5bc4ceef4---12483842485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://morecoredesign.com/images/imageUps/files/goditiwek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yomadesign.com/userfiles/Proj_Name//files/19773662863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://themalc.org/files/file/lopogikotabulemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=mathematical+questions+and+answers+pdfPDF 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_off0001006a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1006A 11208 bytes
SHA-256: e77acc19d2db817e80a8ee2cdf83d9e73a49cb8462a47c5c03e923f708557aa2
font_01_sfnt_off00011a51.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A51 18124 bytes
SHA-256: bbb419d04326767f5d11b8a754bb2652dd5fbcf9649386a545d43a3c9f08219a
font_02_sfnt_off0001499b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1499B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1