Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fa37c16745b2c79a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.1 KB Created: 2021-09-06 17:27:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 0819376a765157ee56cb0b2c0ca82c4a SHA-1: e84dab5417d45bba20a2b80f6fa6a48da51b9051 SHA-256: fa37c16745b2c79a2ea819c8422827b9e3a71ecd31b2536d5118aa5e1f261911
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as a phishing trojan. The document contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The presence of 'utm_term=free+printable+animal+coloring+worksheets' in one URL indicates a deceptive pretext to attract clicks.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=free+printable+animal+coloring+worksheets PDF link annotation
    • https://gearforfree.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l9pqpadvnhm6u9v0dtmpc3vb76/66649299311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://best-label.com/upload/files/87441040826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apismorava.eu/docs/vevaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szyqjsj.com/UploadFile/file/20210819155434298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cheapmotorcycleinsurancepa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0spmk5mbc94ino97o0b1g8l0s0/tozepiwuwedabopas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://herodumpsterrental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b52e0fd8003a2058b8f363116ea8c1ef/sexuxabixogobum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antik-cafe-bergen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc28c29b16c---dakijisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.myhhsi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9b049856de45c40ed4d94bf7c2b7e628/90766194596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mognational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160761afd7d470---pibavufujoroxejogodidali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ledseoul.com/userData/board/file/60851449803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.temsilcisitesi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099326b3743d---rowilebikolumob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kstarsmall.net/userfiles/file///bidowifavujedozukula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://happyland-nsk.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35558482234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://richwoods1969.com/clients/861079/File/34633624142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thedestinbeachhouses.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/828b753259bd5ffb7f4f534f8188934f/sokisafiwilubojuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saludocupacionalpso.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1f2561ee1f---76168891191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agendatourvietnam.com/hinhanh/file/fenoziwulaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://connect.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/740ef1421dd84385c6729f327e2d9e22/tagixut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://currycornersugarland.com/admin/images/file/6763658566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://interesttour.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/27b0614187d0eca5b174f91646cf6242/34113492309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://melz-feu.ru/upload/wodobokiragilixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://duongthuy.net/userfiles/file/60817362740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pck.malopolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/36f9cdc1801d0c7e17cc3bcad1d375c4/79412333996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hdontheroadnapoli.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160db59fbf32a8---31133889433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alakharia.com/public_html/userfiles/file/nesexevujekutatuxufibuvoz.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_off0000db57.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB57 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f36e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF36E 11116 bytes
SHA-256: 5aa1b17e6a2e6e9539be3a2f198b04d7b7596756cce6e7e95a80067d08436f15
font_02_sfnt_off00010cfe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CFE 18208 bytes
SHA-256: 6535fc1d964ee06e659b07f1f5cbecee61be5df22ec32cfae0d28852c488b46d