Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c37fd1e8eb9f1e72…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.2 KB Created: 2021-09-05 21:27:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 095f2bfd0260f953a867b047ad89b2b0 SHA-1: e6975049d2389b553a82d1d18ef71d95a2f22aac SHA-256: c37fd1e8eb9f1e729d3e133a6c65a5d2bad83fb2023b675a83714398831ccd68
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a deliberate attempt to create a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware via the linked URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9988

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.
  • 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 http://ebsenglish.net/_UploadFile/Images/file/98433224694.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://drentmedischadvies.nl/uploads/files/32526817457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bburago.info/admin/fckeditor/userfiles/file/51508108245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.smwiarus.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70054643706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.shipsupply.co.mz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b502bcf540---69297816854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worldcar.jp/userfiles/files/22018853603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acrgroup.nl/userfiles/file/reduvunopawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://divorcioconsensual.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/930d2131860b5b76bd1f63a5258258e7/kobulaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jhannahs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082b969c62c3---buninaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iamluno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b401d387eee---vexilibajelobuvogigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouldersudbury.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161000206f0e2d---potisiruvoxul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accessprecision.com/userfiles/file/33468082836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pietri-automobiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2vi0ab1iohocn6bnuq5r3ms7gb/749894613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maxim-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4sdsdlknn5g3lphqe4idcjqm5j/38610660110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comesa.com.pe/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c9a9decc21e23afcdb4ca6dee8df78ea/xiteneximaxesawidowatibaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yukkumpulgroup2.com/contents//files/totujakatigoreloxoruner.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veterinariogiardinelli.it/userfiles/files/xuvegub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cananalimdar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ta5sjc2d7hjlk097q905sssrj/kememen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tantos.jp/js/upload/files/tagitupasupirikopofof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teenvolunteer.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56583a414a77f862ce52de60cf7c05c4/49187940683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://github.com/scottrinIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=prusa+mk3+manual+bed+levelingPDF 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_off000104a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104A4 10944 bytes
SHA-256: 25c85ca58ef34b7a276950bfb1389be2b34bfc1dc02b3e1366ab9f4c1c7bd9a5
font_01_sfnt_off00011dcc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DCC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000135de.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x135DE 17448 bytes
SHA-256: 9a3a7089daae637e0fae3fb32614dcc171356482abff3ba42d31fac655340fba