Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 238f93ec46d2f872…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.0 KB Created: 2021-08-15 09:12:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: a2a3bfeed8887f3efaa1e7e67ba2e4cd SHA-1: 7fc5d5a54b0d77a4c8fe8fc46ac6908027ce3984 SHA-256: 238f93ec46d2f872efb174cf12a2a7ced0223e1cf6032f428b08fd345eae5a11
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting domains, likely to redirect users to phishing or malware distribution sites. The presence of multiple distinct hosts and the use of UTM parameters suggest an attempt to obscure the final destination and potentially improve search engine ranking for malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9932

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 http://grawerlik.pl/userfiles/file/57817525834.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.mclarenpress.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607616d595450---34410698499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blackshirts1962.com/clients/f/f2/f245580d3072b78cda2271cf7a7e3f61/File/97261950038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedbusiness.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f10bf6d43f253e8c0d4bcf5ffc7b940b/16268669071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhagro.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c739d7cf0d62d51f60c7aced809954f3/tozopanezusifemetagopore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://socialchangefactory.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/95e81f94ace2920adad7c8edfc3832a9/rimufumidefubomesofobon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpha-th.com/userfiles/file/96239506756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esoftland.com/userfiles/file/70741872061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.webtony.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070b0d6865f4---13079643031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agendatourvietnam.com/hinhanh/file/63971177430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biroestarsa.hu/uploads/file/jifogijasevewubiliv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ebsenglish.net/_UploadFile/Images/file/2463598818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cetinelektrik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a576e68b4b9---53174402939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cameradungphat.com/uploads/files/nibirinovasopifozusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fastcomputer.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d22bf7f4029fe1c1b900964e449b387/mirolijodog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pavaniautismschools.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q16ceqt7i9l0nb7c9c9fo4e0t2/29847648913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://regimhotelierbucuresti.com/images/userfiles/buvawufizewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightupalife.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e7b20ea6edf---jejin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doctornhospital.com/banglanews24/editorsfiles/files/wutoxodikejafeno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fairview58.org/clients/b/b5/b5cf5456a34e3fefef15e35162a7177a/File/vepimotajijokedezesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ukdirectremovals.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1412d137ad95e3f35f20adbc3dc6bd00/bupowis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariabilancino.it/userfiles/files/rakoxub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aksaaydinlatma.com/img/editor/image/file/48385768972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polinagerz.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s3eqqb6alhe7skasc0ki2746gh/zotofitijowudewiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timavoshipsupply.it/userfiles/file/bapakerolodofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pergamine.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fobativuwavufigupinupali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=phim+v%E1%BB%81+t%C3%ACnh+y%C3%AAu+c%C3%B4+tr%C3%B2PDF 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_off0000f560.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF560 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010d77.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D77 10840 bytes
SHA-256: 54ff5cf500334f567f8f5d7cac9d717129854ed165bbc4b6a5b7cc3d4cbcae95
font_02_sfnt_off000125b4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125B4 29744 bytes
SHA-256: 8519fd8483a53cd0fb0359d0b756447b1304b518d42740535b83a8b801d40203