Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 38019d15b8abe42b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.0 KB Created: 2021-09-07 01:56:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 52ba334400ad45cea318593130024389 SHA-1: 7f41059b1c254659e66bb47b4879e6fa4e75c595 SHA-256: 38019d15b8abe42b3c2ed590677fe95ed215259a0b97e72a68090574383a4714
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics, including a high-confidence ML classifier and ClamAV detection as a phishing trojan. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of JavaScript indicates a likely intent to execute malicious code or facilitate further exploitation.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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.everhouse.lt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161013f0153f77---52881212520.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://hmv.ir/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609134d8aac34---xerutosotofamibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://astoriareiki.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/36cb1d204d3b16d26625742d11d358c7/21649376232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandiosa.is/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vp7qr1ghcrqeuqnh3f1b32hbf0/xasitebifawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wypelnienia.kratex.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70242635041fc09a96f378db4a07385e/97158285567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wscnaturalhealings.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e047254e0ec9d5af82b351a8972e399/nusojokor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eugensa.lt/app/webroot/uploads/userfiles/files/xixif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dchs1961.com/clients/871949/File/dukuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hps-gruppe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b2f8v5ru9f1e6h2klccpf4a5lm/limuvigumupebujaxido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paymentsbusiness.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae836d19fd6---towire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biplano.eu/userfiles/files/92622789269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://splogservice.ru/content/file/88860812011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.webhisto.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af79ad9fcf0---56712586447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://godahoian.com/app/webroot/upload/files/modavexaridunabuzeroguk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://revapackers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c3a3st8rpg6elacjticjd5vj6n/kexufoludisuzejor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.scmphotography.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bc00a5917b---77105613421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nnkcreations.com/userfiles/file/93521204024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://electrabicycles.pl/app/webroot/uploads/file/16266370859808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cocochan.com.pk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/58ff9e44d4538495556dfdd7b0871afe/sajudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://073741256.com/uploads/files/202108201218331115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extracam.es/app/webroot/arxius/file/wajato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.displaysdirectaustralia.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pizojorewitopikojagafeguv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://endustriyelkiralama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/53u1kacedmgke7n9ic7gekgqlf/14648351097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://konferencii.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77236688757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://structurecreative.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d49b5ce7738---68426464250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=science+classroom+activities+pdfPDF 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_off0000bc15.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBC15 16128 bytes
SHA-256: 7b59972eccb2aaa00e45a9cc9801d1b840f817f988289e3cacb38b6efbf7636d
font_01_sfnt_off0000e535.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE535 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000fd4c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD4C 10924 bytes
SHA-256: 5f2c1c2975119d2b010b7225f0cb5a7dc8a2d57da826b0ace5eb0ccfc19b5702