Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d37c7ca54a3e7df0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.1 KB Created: 2021-09-20 20:48:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 3111e0526b2cb6cc6faca38087d3c22a SHA-1: 4a1a37ed016788cb866708ffe83c27cf7e86035f SHA-256: d37c7ca54a3e7df0a7a5c494dac0ea1b4748f8f14908ce1d25f84f8bab9de0ff
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=tubemate+older+version
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132f15d09237---ragitezekuxipilex.pdf
    • http://toyotacri.com/userfiles/files/witive.pdf
    • http://bjbtrh.com/files/pic/file/96543912126.pdf
    • https://izr.fr/files/54856913148.pdf
    • http://lmtechsolution.com/userfiles/peraragimon.pdf
    • http://www.cascinasorigherio.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b41136dd0b---70919253901.pdf
    • https://www.mybizwebsites.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161380ca6a2204---sevutakuluvi.pdf
    • https://www.medicalart.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161354baf24b67---tulexobujalaret.pdf
    • http://milcontabil.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sup045gobtsjidkjlq9t4eud42/pexunu.pdf
    • http://giprozdraw.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gekabare.pdf
    • http://hanilkwanla.com/uploads/files/nitulisulitaro.pdf
    • http://geo-equipe.it/userfiles/files/18400525919.pdf
    • http://notariocprietoa.com/notaria/documentos/files/17210838636.pdf
    • http://maduraicaterers.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64290429898.pdf
    • http://group-anons.ru/userfiles/files/77015947659.pdf
    • https://imihwa.com/uploads/image/20210919/files/20210919162700.pdf
    • https://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138ec22bd008---latuf.pdf
    • http://gayaarchi.com/userfiles/file/20210904194848.pdf
    • https://automatisme-portail-bordazzi.fr/userfiles/fichiers/puxebudobenima.pdf
    • https://mygrind.ie/userfiles/file/74301499201.pdf
    • http://www.goldenlantern.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161325f52bb145---49542899394.pdf
    • http://playoz.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lifumafenasup.pdf
    • http://mrhobbscoffee.com/images/uploads/file/30886933368.pdf
    • https://martas.vodrsport.cz/uploads/files/vogobejezeborozu.pdf
    • http://ngnjl.com/userfiles/files/69463581850.pdf
    • https://bliznacite.com/files/pilanetu.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d3e4.bin
ae4d7c5f37205e5efd809d60542e194760d29d131e3d675131cb0cea1b8cdec6
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD3E4 10676 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000ec55.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC55 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010467.bin
381c1339183f413015ad6d31aabf7d9db81a174968fdfe67ce2ad3aef0cec723
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10467 17748 bytes