Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e37980cf861bfac9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.1 KB Created: 2021-09-03 18:10:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 8e078e7fb2c34d17624e2a2ce73631ac SHA-1: 3ab9c97e27b61f59b24c589f7f8cbb4abc50304c SHA-256: e37980cf861bfac9448fd30faad9ea1126abe0d7f8c2b985392d633ac2bd36f9
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it's designed to redirect users to malicious content or phishing pages. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' and the ML classifier's high score further support its malicious nature. No scripts were extracted, but the structure indicates a link farm used for initial access via spearphishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9911

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=hydraulics+in+civil+and+environmental+engineering+chadwick+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://xn--64-mlcufjjaii0l.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ab45da755ba54cd0386c58ef559d4102/lozopopow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shriramsteels.in/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pujajuwesogigalesuxewewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawcab.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b165255b8a---garinolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuacuonanbinh.com/userfiles/file/49569987523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livstyle.ro/home/livstyle/public_html/uploads/files/gusix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cn-polylysine.com/d/files/61690943029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poorclarescork.ie/images/zozoxogabanelepogeku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clearlakesd.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e380b5a94f---godoliberixisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://belv.ru/userfiles/file/69427033553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestforfishing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a4da16c28a6c39025b3aacfdc4f6ca12/492517312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karenlovelee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079a4a407720---46055327792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://funkydrop.shop/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/55956afaaf91d6071761a00c63cfa584/1831373253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16119df50b4837---gedupuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dyglas.com/userData/board/file/nagutunijere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apparel.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/221df27bc0b06c8261da15e0ced3cb82/jowanix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gametimecatering.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16116073735e38---wukag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ednak.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d81efcd32f---65129413704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://verandapattaya.com/userfiles/files/25009831450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alignerco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae3d703d03e3519fce8ad0442d423b7d/bazalovipadufijil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xuanhongkhang.com/upload/files/28898002847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eastcoastbiker.de/sites/default/files/file/raretakokanupitodojupapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.web2business.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c93edd81209---50007935834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goref.ru/files/file/94306992611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eguiders.com/uploads/lujafubegex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://partner-support.net/user_data/userfiles/files/82374240232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://queuemanagementsystems.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610c7baa84c0d---duzaboxitad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modelkyujin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5672e68407---38815982141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mail-ex.net/userfiles/file/33049268500.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_off0000dd8f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD8F 11516 bytes
SHA-256: 601198a4c8725c21db73c93f08ad3f691bc7ec116e36a9628a6a4549183c7a6a
font_01_sfnt_off0000f871.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF871 17432 bytes
SHA-256: 2d09833117d7c9162521e0e30e3642157e846be4c98887eba51e4a57a9ed8ab9
font_02_sfnt_off0001256a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1256A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1