Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 138aac4869433acd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.9 KB Created: 2021-09-01 17:46:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: a8f3009087669abfb564dbd3c6552727 SHA-1: b9a4419a6a6f4d5b0b2279a5e86a2d0300927ce9 SHA-256: 138aac4869433acd8b767b78455ab9dc68ff2bda3618efae0983ab0a6efef243
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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 http://www.opencalgary.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093ddea090ce---nobujab.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bagandpack.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/26b0c83f9b07047c5894675585c7b33a/94388858311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thietbiotoviet.com/Images_upload/files/34466539747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allprintusa.com/admin/images/file/lusalojofax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gilbertems.com/videos/file/pegazetasopikuvovumus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bioident.pl/photos_fck/file/82952498454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.swissfillon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ed0b2790ec193459d73501a1e0972d2/sudazituzimetiserasufam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lorichphoto.com/pictures/file/10488419179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forkidsvietnam.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mc6akkhl17q02s1uju61rj1ib8/taxagupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mardeestilos.es/fotos/file/92101678875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imad0c0.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89148427504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://computer-rudolstadt.de/upload/file/11762050022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cemeba.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/16210443495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ecvbrass.ch/user/web/file/perujujek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-kamen.com/userfiles/file/tefogadowazumurolefuxix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haenuri.net/ckupload/files/73143864138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bellevuecommunityfoodbank.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/afcb9a33811ec4452efd6d3a2c9cd65c/24439989867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1-sanya.com/blog_images/blog_/file/nonube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikbakirkoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca8cd5f11d---97839443139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiorumeo.it/userfiles/files/58561810866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bibrka-school.org.ua/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rafuvodew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://facyt.com.ar/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18516331829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zartmobilia.com/userfiles/file/20210811174342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=webster%27s+new+world+american+idioms+handbookPDF 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_off0000b4d8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB4D8 10980 bytes
SHA-256: 03e885275bfbc6516bdca9b1441eb950fcf4884c1b722aafb29de124b2eb01e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ce3a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE3A 16232 bytes
SHA-256: d20e34d7bcb263a3072cd5235fe1e1805dd6b1b89aa96bc363bb68fc4d19e445
font_02_sfnt_off0000f78b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF78B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1