Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 238da9600baba7f5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.7 KB Created: 2021-07-03 07:57:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 9e304f1411638633133e8ccb12be8d28 SHA-1: c263342ba9d3b94efb0c4bf75ed2fd4773763a92 SHA-256: 238da9600baba7f5bf72c1f26067132313fff965b184ed1c1354535d99802653
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV. It functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting. The primary purpose appears to be SEO manipulation or distributing further malicious content via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9924

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 http://marinapogon.pl/upload/file/92943824389.pdf
    • http://yonseri.org/userfiles/files/japiwoniradezidifav.pdf
    • http://cnokorea.com/userfiles/file/51691616797.pdf
    • https://moma-restaurant.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae1ee9b391a---gavawovemokotoxebo.pdf
    • http://elcampoeco.org/FCKeditor/file/8491051678.pdf
    • http://snookerfootball.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609243fa2c966---fesek.pdf
    • https://alphaveneers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cd3f8c6272f7528adecfaf6a7548dbab/jezanipikopapanusodizulin.pdf
    • https://www.alignerco.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/289f656455b19cefb80aa68cf911b3c7/49271671194.pdf
    • https://sharzh-ufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c16581b1df90c290d612cb0057b5c7c/jiraxalevorijorizudi.pdf
    • http://nicenpos.com/userData/board/file/59017077181.pdf
    • https://bestcoloringpages.com/userfiles/file/sabukesapoz.pdf
    • https://jgmurphy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bf7294804cf2d9389ea5746a06f8026f/vokajasoper.pdf
    • http://stkvn.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/06fd31837e31c6ec58c65bdd6b3c4604/jolafa.pdf
    • https://pointsourcegroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8937d0adc731d5f7c0208c05a9e86ea1/95914670469.pdf
    • https://gk-termopanel.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/113c9f12c792fc1e1a4225874eaf3b68/nebuzefupufilegusu.pdf
    • http://woods-china.cn/ci2/userfiles/files/20210608015927.pdf
    • https://www.arc-welding.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0dqmguv3ke5d4kc2kuqqq06uc3/xevomikogawizidojenogi.pdf
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gnk7u8es60m3un7v05f7385q75/42237356521.pdf
    • http://tehnicgaz.eu/files/file/70721533014.pdf
    • https://avis-medical.ma/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5cba71ea15db004768917688d7ef85ad/gobukikewogipafi.pdf
    • http://cityhelps.org/clients/6/61/61afa7a028a8e04f14432b0fece6f2b0/File/muwodavirexusakanox.pdf
    • https://bajrahrs.com/userfiles/file/povupamotuwovusavude.pdf
    • https://www.picmephotoboothhire.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160766092edc58---jonuvuwobakezoteb.pdf
    • https://cape-electronics.com/media/file/zeliwatuvotok.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=the+ratio+of+1.5+m+to+10+cm+is
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e4fa.bin
cbb7352f62ad5c36d31e09648d0206d8ca79016efcf1561f1666f6b556fc185c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4FA 10788 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000fdf1.bin
3f7b9a76e195d55f7a6ded9f1857cb3e609247a94dc02230da4cb24195d184f6
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDF1 17788 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012b62.bin
1bb543891201b86cb218c82ce0c1e431878b85d3145a79f40ea94bf38162e691
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B62 16144 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off000140be.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x140BE 16792 bytes