Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f37f748d0908d121…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.6 KB Created: 2021-09-16 21:34:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: dde2cdfb3be4f22f6a7a759a349fa678 SHA-1: b55d9820f2da87cef76efdd5badfb35ebddffb96 SHA-256: f37f748d0908d1210e3ff4fc1b097ee70d988fdae6a4c7c602b45ab846787357
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF file exhibits multiple indicators of malicious intent, including links to algorithmically generated URLs and compromised CMS upload storage. The presence of a visual download button lure, combined with a high ML classifier score and ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan', strongly suggests a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The file likely serves as a lure to download a second-stage payload from one of the embedded URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

Heuristics 8

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://growlocals.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d711b648ad1d4401515eb084faeaecc/sudazofepepidaxapujixuxa.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://1mosref.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30106337959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jawarakreasi.com/file/semujutudetubaxose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mediacast.vn/ckeditor/upload/files/15041107069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foto-preiss.at/upload_files/files/zubafejovulopibori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tpijobportal.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95893461821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seoulmenu.com/uploads/files/xigepuvodowerusakulemef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hung168.tw/UserFiles/files/56343487467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tunnel.de/files/uploaded/file/91335802916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.techsrollout.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fdf2acbabf---21840962088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinarioscapindandrea.it/userfiles/files/nefagumefexom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://safiorida.dk/operatori/userfiles/file/kufanevukezopoxiwadoxer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.paparazzirestaurant.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8a7d1df997b87ceb06a174ea4d80436f/21198267556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://festivalecolo.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161400c95d52fb---16451272201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beta.nhatthiengroup.com/files/uploaded/files/62710013670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://f1-rennsimulatoren.de/userfiles/file/49446677330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fotografiafrancescosomma.com/userfiles/files/30329750814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advance-pack.com/editor_upload/file/80119853047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleypto.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f5fd9c0b295bd52ec2113646f4ad4ed9/mawojip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.caslyn.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161326c94d5d7b---24458340357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://multiseal.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613257e151c43---18102923352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tgvl.in/uploads/fck/files/13798503486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://traiteurluc.com/userfiles/file/sozetakokugeripovaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=instrumental+maker+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_off0000e0a7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE0A7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f8be.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8BE 10344 bytes
SHA-256: 92ba86e86d8b7f0e777b422e0c0cd8567c90c2ff967134daab828ad85f061ef7
font_02_sfnt_off00011017.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11017 22020 bytes
SHA-256: 68a23f8fc01e7ea05d35ef8191993c3ac48c442b8bc4dc61f82a344d779b5c09