Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 38255bf158b5c67c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.2 KB Created: 2021-09-03 12:58:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: aec2c30f9843340589d4902cd1606b20 SHA-1: 1d72d9b9c1a25f509e20c7608fdf61f8faa1d01f SHA-256: 38255bf158b5c67cb45c613c06a67a30f004ae4720c051b8048b47fea7c53d1e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to numerous compromised WordPress sites, likely intended to trick users into downloading malicious files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, classifying it as a phishing trojan. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with phishing lures designed to deliver further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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 https://nationalcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086e287891f5---gamixoweti.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://fairmonteast1978.com/clients/71195/File/84809045961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kindliving.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/nupew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reklama71.ru/upload_picture/zagumogog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://faceless.me/userfiles/files/tasokaxerajipas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ufolep-69.com/contenus/files/witomomizizus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jpmoto.biz/upload_picture/52248178964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ucity68.com/clients/e/ea/ea220da86df44fb0ae3b7c8e8295ccc1/File/33113983556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ambredore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fcd4520560---70949366878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pianoszimmermann.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f165f723a9---pijiwuzabirazazepudumofax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chinacimctrailer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af9e83888adc3abaa7711a36328fe1ba/51051462103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ruilong-ironwork.com/CKEdit/upload/files/37722761693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hintzfamilyreunion.com/clients/1/12/12a2788c5de59b93c87e4eff35998d4f/File/95529798468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acethamessecurity.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cd19da7384768c607ee01b2ed6ab58b5/90915410512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alemotta.com/resources/original/file/67807037767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olterus.org/contents//files/xekesidawagaxidagivowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drhuanghair.com/uploads/files/202108212024013071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greyquotient.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e9b0247d0242bee85387dacd16b8e942/kuwopekukoboponom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitedcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612eb8c3555cd---788053289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bluebirdcanada.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210902_8B614B5CA34AC895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lllk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a13843a00bf4b2593ba5239954eba45/dukurejubed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mozartcantat.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c2ae686442---49167732028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gamletaarnhuset.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cc5ab19c18---bedewuvenugakat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bechtoldpaving.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0a95aeaae71d402b09a6f01f03396d05/wesafadokas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adler-leitishofen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d37c5373921---zujuramaboxubimujivim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=pdf+download+for+android+apkPDF 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_off0000d182.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD182 18092 bytes
SHA-256: d4413807c05a14047788c22121e00381f8dc6204a26bc9153187263816ecdcbb
font_01_sfnt_off00010003.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10003 10272 bytes
SHA-256: a682a33d1cb57defbd194a16c9eb4ae292092f3c63ef0dc9544999546cd4bafc
font_02_sfnt_off00011737.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11737 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1