Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c37e2733351e2f21…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.5 KB Created: 2021-09-10 09:10:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 2d7418c54c071c980426c4a04a5578d4 SHA-1: 52725ad1ec2ee603d4cc10e7ae33e4ea1fff5f3a SHA-256: c37e2733351e2f211b584262d7d83ee97e073cf8e8ff95254c1fbd72fe1299bc
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains a link farm pointing to multiple domains, some of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://actsonics.com/uploads/files/202109081655068609.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://foto-recepty.sk/images/fotky/berojubuzatela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mt-filtration.com/uploaded/file/3068065456134fd4f1c203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.enviedecrire.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137cef5aa576---74672892150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://postele-z-masivu.sk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zusobodasofikaxepesutevaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://transchem-tech.com/Uploadfiles/files/lizanuvedulukubijuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://triosms.com/userfiles/file/75247127763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veronikavilla.hu/userfiles/file/xopoxigapifonezemiboxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bravo-hk.com/userfiles/file/122284589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oreopay58.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vugujipadaxijinamoboloj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://searchlink.org/userfiles/file/jamipevovelaberesafuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://selispin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/kukabupotedimedexemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elhammagazine.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13036350302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inprovit.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zemumotavupogepako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elitteaccesorios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lhs4li6phcf56lk8hff7rvft80/3663675890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouldersudbury.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138b8ca7a0a5---mudevonagunikuvatesinod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://poganyvolgyi.hu/userfiles/file/xurumaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmjrgoldhockey.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56b96e73c0379fa8baebdfed2bbd5115/94007067914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hattrick-sports.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161352ea3ca898---49108327191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediaget.ru/userfiles/files/79901337166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trufeel.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/uploadfile/files/nujegaliwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hylyt.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a603cf85315819a18edf3e3415397348/dotugudapawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rebates.forex/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/igsvaahvdcoa4ii4925uj93pn7/sefiratutide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=fx+file+explorer+pro+apkPDF 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_off0000cc63.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCC63 17776 bytes
SHA-256: 96be418ca7bc19edd5c37b457796b5ad1c0635822f04d556e02f6168e92be536
font_01_sfnt_off0000fa07.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA07 10152 bytes
SHA-256: 311975030e36ca90919eedd55b6cb458ae4a452d450cfd7fcebae56d1638fc44
font_02_sfnt_off000110cb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110CB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1