Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0438b6959c82dfe0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.6 KB Created: 2021-09-01 13:34:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: bdcf6ef839fed7275b14f35d439b7fbb SHA-1: b8d7193db418a45bb6f7737fd3e4f694fe2d0e57 SHA-256: 0438b6959c82dfe0673195b6716c4d62bea4e811ed1f2187fd361fb5fbaae160
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9941

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://feltshoe.com/userfiles/file/41075970587.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://vitalbafitnessclub.eu/userfiles/files/gijuwuwukojubuwipukokebed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refour.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c3c437ab5b85fb29c6d2e41468ae6e79/sonodagejazukux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gatewayhotelbangkok.com/upfile_hotel/files/tanavejiwidobimimiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gruppocinofilomarsalese.com/userfiles/files/waferunomesikalumimas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terapeutickemasaze.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089c6acef892---62041231277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heureka-cz.eu/files/natusofadifodezesasimekov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoshiftbid.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/5915784081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uzks.hr/upload/datoteke/zosekusifegusanosiwim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aspbae.org/userfiles/file/pobeka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaijzh9b.xn--90ae/documents/file/tezogazozajarolaxuwow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dansensvenner.dk/imagesfile///lafepisafavijag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://razzledazzleevents.in/userfiles/file/xelolip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.expertnutritionadvisor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086fc38cf449---laligugagunijiwege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.entornopublicitario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/74e417d7d95d5955d5151fc8036b265e/rurumuver.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://birons.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f6e06984818c411113309781feb77dab/5237698341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.a2zmedical.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cdc8a38844---kamimenumanukide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seasonsblinds.com/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49708098452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://am-assets.com/aom/magnolia/userfiles/file/81692495969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sakitonus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ed0a4bca57624b40d4b018a195f58a02/jupekesegez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tappowine.com/file/fazinalupogirelig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gostinica-domodedovo.ru/files/28549662773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tractorpulling-emmeloord.nl/upload/file/65068726809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hophungvietnam.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/19773604711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lightingandhvacexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aed068bb9a2cdc60452eb6d59091039c/fimoduw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hontoys.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/po98kgvcsotgeeitmt6nub18pi/fudavegetazuworisaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=t9m+and+jerryPDF 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_off0000d0ea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD0EA 10260 bytes
SHA-256: 19e470b1ceb821e82ac431c214fe8089adc8faf38ac927fe801f82c228ad98c9
font_01_sfnt_off0000e7f8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7F8 16928 bytes
SHA-256: a9e7b4b64d974dacc7a0f90c179df28dbb4b41dbd36709340cb64e1f9e5d86f5
font_02_sfnt_off000113cb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113CB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1