Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d37f5f7c8cff80d7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.6 KB Created: 2021-09-05 18:35:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 45b55dcb4aa1bfb2e6059c5946542e32 SHA-1: 51e1f590e48b063b5a2b01dd274291b5bf977ab0 SHA-256: d37f5f7c8cff80d7fa84ab01aa1b982216c24e2c107fb54a372a8d0c139a9c09
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and uses an image-based lure. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 2 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 68 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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.
  • 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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=ncaa+basketball+score+sheet+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://www.hdcorp.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1puuq3trhdc3np046tr2kg2cg3/38832539107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chinacimctrailer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/db10e9fa6fe5338faf1a30ae674f0a0d/nemimokatowovunitulam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giasuthienphuc.com/Images_upload/files/53048704612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robinio.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/feh5ot7bf5ett9mknm678nnd8i/91320575201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simplythebestevents.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f37598e9abd---91535334044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dnepropress.net/files/file/vatezobim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.webhisto.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cf62e0e6188---vufosagug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caminodesantiagoenmoto.com/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/ponerufutawub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miamiwars.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a80ae564c138a823da3706a5b2e62885/jefexadururojobowunusol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reiki-roots.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fcc591052ae---dajadopukobitiputas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wita.lt/images/files/xovabakawupuvib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exactblue.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6b774d46c7---1734304430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gulfcoolcontracting.com/uploads/userfiles/file/file/38182801702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chinahkcarplate.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fd92eee3d0---72994868442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yizhu580.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7377142037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://florylaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/23574751128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://penal-garazh.ru/files/90388547783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sfilatinogourmet.it/file/ninabosibivusidusijogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iwishop.hu/file/18859959832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wib24-admin.de/uploads/file/46184533562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://federicozucchettiarchitetto.eu/userfiles/files/66554863871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.putnamtaxi.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae057ee543c---rufazawexigere.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_off0000b158.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB158 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c96a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC96A 14528 bytes
SHA-256: 691dcbd4917b6e32dcfcd580e83a821b434485780eb64c8897789bb5bd91ee2e
font_02_sfnt_off0000ec48.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC48 10728 bytes
SHA-256: 244928417a566362b8779becaae5f98441c013e8f5f8a1ba8576cd668e7f8dc2