Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b7437a04eef68647…

MALICIOUS

PDF

100.6 KB Created: 2021-08-14 09:54:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-22
MD5: 98300da72ec187ff74677529d0026df1 SHA-1: 0548177ff92590c6b1a71dbf4f297e5d1b4f0ebb SHA-256: b7437a04eef6864732aac5ace94bf2b40b25ee0d1864fa6b9e7800d9dbf0d342
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution lure. The presence of a download button heuristic further supports a user-driven malicious workflow.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9970

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 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.
  • 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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=uworld+step+3+qbank+offline+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://sbkf.org/files/files/72440388498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cavalier-hundezucht.ch/userfiles/file/78830597217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://felicityokolo.com/file/winukorefomof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://assushop.com/userfiles/assushop.com/file/puronaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://belgradenightlife.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ne7lf74l12vk44n14cm1pgfp7a/36735102244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yaqeen-eg.com/userfiles/file/28884033360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahreco.com/uploads/news_file/52687341325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.emporiocaritaspisa.it/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fee1f9612a6---81073314401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/guwodimogopogapubafat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wills.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d2163cde2a7cf19179dbbaf9542e219/naxosopuriwega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingsauto-bar.com/js/upload/files/mawuwajixexexaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.litesourcenc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c370c0d69f9b61846e605d6fa6d66ce/zuliwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polskienarty.pl/data/aktualnosci_imgs/file/vigewafitax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bigdoughpizza.com/uploads/files/mawuwitigesijomoxoluroda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://enerkonelektrik.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45398571566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ciabrini-immobilier.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/viti8q3ub02ghdvsvi01gbd6ej/pupow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ediliziaindustriale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608103842badd---17538679776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eitmedu.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mesilupibaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tryinvest.eu/userfiles/files/5782209166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siam-royal-view.ru/data/files/lagikesip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altelaw.com/uploads/image/file/reloped.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandeprairie.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dbdbc71aec4---dejegin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dazzlin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bc42996095e1efe1209aab52e5854a39/35294107776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.carolglassman.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cde6afe668d---87897698433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mondzorgvesa-voorschoten.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f982a6720b---zexevamakipupo.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_off00011da5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DA5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000135b7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x135B7 18916 bytes
SHA-256: 1abdd8b0230f3fdd620429c2dd05683ca5ccef8b7485480c99ee193ed3bbd19b
font_02_sfnt_off0001681b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1681B 11136 bytes
SHA-256: 1ea25bbdf23699af7d527a272b4ef656dbc79a0d20ec672ee342b3e24dfc8a1e