Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fee37cfca6504adc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.1 KB Created: 2021-09-23 21:59:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 314a6af711e734f3024095a17199e2a3 SHA-1: 5b2391d796febf4f1e2586629f82253223749979 SHA-256: fee37cfca6504adcc7a5095753254911909c2e59e59beb20596279c69469655a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting vulnerabilities or delivering malicious content. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external URLs, some hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://www.netcorp.hu/data/editorfile/32010423656.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://hotnewsmd.deca.md/upload/userfiles/files/vobukujorenib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.abandassociates.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fojifarobid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nato-denkmal.de/uploads/file/86331485402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sangsangins.com/upload/upload/file/84351875863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dsodrecital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16145f94598576---wolegoviku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ibtaker.ps/userfiles/file/30338703049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1night2day.com/ckupload/files/38136761158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eunlocker.com/Images/Editor/file/60358322966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wemservice.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sivexowazadiwexajalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://santehnika34.ru/images/file/nudorumut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yaqeen-eg.com/userfiles/file/10964637910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diversifiedhumansolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d013c92ffb3dfbafd41d0470024580ef/petanijirigapineziluwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luchetti.it/userfiles/files/49800811864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pizzeriagiganti.ro/imagini_ws/nozuxujip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tnshoppingbag.com/upfiles/file/dazaduxizijax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cageart.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fbdbbadd1b---14563887683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.techsrollout.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614c227f7b2fb---wuxebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://loadcell.vn/Images_upload/files/ranipug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mountmoriahcamp.com/media/wigutavisulanuxokuzip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soyana.de/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49518539046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.protectakoteasia.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70908394233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quangphong.vn/uploads/image/files/vofuwanuxapedikelawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhahangbienhaitien.com/uploads/files/metetufoluxijemipabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kristinanamaste.eu/files/42997487176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=open+source+filePDF 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_off0000de33.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE33 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f645.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF645 17456 bytes
SHA-256: 5c71abf8d72d65c6ad543bf8e48c75428fe6b42c0a9e2480fddc5877bba23aa5
font_02_sfnt_off00012382.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12382 10340 bytes
SHA-256: 195232e5978e18b24cf1a63c9981630b74ee92c2aef2f22061574607b7827506

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