Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c37879090d8c5d19…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.8 KB Created: 2021-07-09 16:49:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 8268d845efb4220f0cec629d4aedc390 SHA-1: f5eaf9335a86cd0b112fb8ae455d7f57dd405c12 SHA-256: c37879090d8c5d19d2a6ab8017f0ee79d21e526656ec8d2b4cd40eef18643be2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains an embedded JavaScript stream, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. It also features a link farm pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature, likely as a phishing or malware distribution lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9950

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.
  • 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.
  • 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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=tangent+of+a+triangle PDF link annotation
    • http://eko-inwest.eu/upload/file/55943792087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saamfactory.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bad5c4def4221bda723a9071ab3d7dfd/lelezujuzan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://englewoodgrassfarm.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/15f199ea82ef7ce2c74dac0b0d42e53f/80851640550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accuratesearch.com/userfiles/file/91026767059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asirius.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a47e0c03da7e4c29f32eab2a098d27d/28415605662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikbakirkoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088a7f6e8a2a---pofivibajeko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phsdcenter.com/temp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48771941648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wlao.on.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9e0b247260fefde4f0f25b50c816ff72/42513257142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.espymetcalf.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d15f74b79f---mezudogexinafesisomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----8sbaavnccwq4am.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6c573049c83d5f48cbbe93dec2f5b3b6/darenogajumulosuvuxipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ontime-taxi.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/47a2ffd327dcd28b8200c590c8ee4902/wuravenapepemonopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.atrium-tuiles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a8b60ebb01---topusixegupevudopizatemaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proia.bg/userfiles/file/36725074915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuhs1970.com/clients/a/ac/acc339db084e87cdfae31a76a6c96f1c/File/tinazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tortsurprise.ru/upload/redactor/files/3545778215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://openendrep.com/userfiles/files/gizutosetusulifikejezaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beautydiction.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bimezerotiwiluvebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gentlemensquartersbarbershop.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6de77a1ef52d16f2ba7ff22cc809b7bb/zupakum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pattyn360.com/upload/forum/files/ximimobovobajubepuvune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pekingtogo.com/uploads/files/26859571359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuyewpilot.academy/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f95859bb8062df2d30dddef4ef88b7c9/rokokurupedigesevavutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unternehmensberatung-hegenbarth.de/userfiles/file/64428479257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zazilha.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0733c9e097401a5eee69129eea657f28/xuradozuwozimikegorakegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pavcargo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/646b5b3c891dd9acb09e55be2b0eab29/76268364668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akamercedes.com/images/uploads/files/fasafepofaj.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_off0000b939.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB939 10184 bytes
SHA-256: a84a31309188a092cdc0ecc05b236ce8bcb6dddc2e27842be5bf9f416255c26f
font_01_sfnt_off0000d027.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD027 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e839.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE839 15760 bytes
SHA-256: 811b16e15094e25b96e93e8628b55aa142cddd882eb4c218a9e845972a1ca7ae