Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 238746b2b3575194…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.4 KB Created: 2021-09-16 11:21:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: a3919eeac24d5db11316b260923a0d2c SHA-1: 38e3b6e76b81d7d176242909ceac649180391e65 SHA-256: 238746b2b3575194a8ab138015aa317b1e851632e04b150c0a29709b5ef47826
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains JavaScript actions and numerous external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious files. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern. ClamAV detection and ML classification confirm the malicious nature of the file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9946

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 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.
  • JavaScript action low PDF_JAVASCRIPT
    PDF contains a /JavaScript action. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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 http://fiumevivo.it/userfiles/files/xiwoleposomarulusotolul.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://phuquytravel.com/nguyenvanlinh/files/11523937850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robalton.es/Albums/images/file///46176361769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fcvperu.org/data/fcvperu/userfiles/file/jomibizuwimoxujarukode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoroman-service.ro/imagini_ws/kepamexukiduxowewelol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://osiindia.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13479050707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kermanrooz.com/img/files/36852783394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sevgiliyevideo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613248d7999ec---suzesidobibinin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veszpremkosar.hu/_user/file/sosetonotinesuxef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alwillislifecenter.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68096548527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://netpage.info/userfiles/file/gagojib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.eecpowerindia.com/codelibrary/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64340317078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ekogamma.pl/javascript/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52797551391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.amedna.com/userfiles/files/revakadesused.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipvoicenj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161305860bb874---73602987619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acudrved.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lubow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--hazrdner-r4a10d.com/alisveris/yollanan_resimler/file/fitokobum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kampusogrenciyurdu.com/file/tilunimusof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioriggio.it/userfiles/files/70083897200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.uniqueartzz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/19felhra0ddtcg3j25euj2gga8/45577625832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://borisovhlebprom.by/var/upload/file/gofuvekelidim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tkhomedeco.com/assets/uploads/ckedit/files/20210912032706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sloplast.com/userfiles/files/kopowotasimisimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artediapharma.com/upload/files/vavukatusow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://israel-aliya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b6f44088c3463257ce75efb3fe245498/waxaxagazibakarotosax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=pokemon+diamond+and+pearl+apk+free+download+for+androidPDF 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_off0000d89a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD89A 18980 bytes
SHA-256: b034bc6136deeadee1d5ee444e3313fe024eccf360b15e6931bc9ae094d782cf
font_01_sfnt_off000109a8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109A8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000121bf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121BF 10572 bytes
SHA-256: b0d01a764b09b572015301439ac946bc7c4085fa2a40ca2927c5c803c4bee1c1