Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 338324e076df3a02…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.5 KB Created: 2021-08-07 13:57:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 12d2dfb556842b5df604bceaaf8118a9 SHA-1: 4083a501e1a6a8c3fc2169031aab680cb22c7b7b SHA-256: 338324e076df3a02fd7931192c957dfb34923dc9641bf250d99a321b1f7ba84e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external websites, some hosted on compromised CMS uploads. The document body is unreadable, but the presence of numerous links and the 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' heuristic strongly suggest a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9984

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://shinex-auto.com/userfiles/file/71059306500.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.stallionreadymix.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4c89410947---sesusosobuwopupezasowale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pestresolution.pt/site/upload/file/14138613205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robertbah.si/files/file/mudimolojaguzajituseto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studio-castiglioni.com/userfiles/files/kogasobopapaweweme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mindweave.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i3fhfjqovqo0mj2evdn9b5k9ig/64480015779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreaslasnik.com/data/files/vakagokupewimobisajade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alemotta.com/resources/original/file/pitavaxoxuvesarabuzalesur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipost.mn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17727686781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610e03d0109f9---zigosatesututusux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanauhrova.cz/files/43494360871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.norestim.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a91d430ee18---sevenogalot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wilsonbarrera.com/inicio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607738b01a845---ribodaxezelupinovidig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.modianodesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a27f284fe3a---7767417476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kapalishakti.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90683916305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jockmurray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c15da1969b0---11630169627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fmi.lu/userfiles/files/41294692577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.thecandystoresudbury.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s76su5rafe04g5pb5fv7v55iu5/fegowugosug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tipsclubcr.com/campannas/file/88019022684.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cpgny.com/userfiles/files/33561334324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.blackhillsdancecentre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d612bc26d36---vovuvabaxotur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newtech-utm.pl/userfiles/file/sibojidof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fyna.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48483606668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chartsunlimited.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f56a7ece04---97076632186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=mohenjo+daro+full+movie+download+hd+filmyzillaPDF 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_off000113e6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113E6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00012bfd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12BFD 10904 bytes
SHA-256: 7600d45c102308d8b906a5d57a48775d14b69d3d2fab9d171e9999540fe4e0b4
font_02_sfnt_off00014502.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14502 17660 bytes
SHA-256: aafa0577a15f080cf56d0ed24d9a861e1b19c8ca814c13c167c90f0db1270faf