Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 38263a6c90adf7e9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.3 KB Created: 2021-08-21 13:34:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 1e719e44d1195171fb27b7867f3c354d SHA-1: 42cc6067a5f0dbeac0e5cb77098db204f5e5fe82 SHA-256: 38263a6c90adf7e909c36aee5d75180855b05cd52a6e6b3482b8df901c99ba8b
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing an embedded JavaScript stream and multiple links pointing to potentially compromised WordPress upload directories. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a link farm structure, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious files. ClamAV detection further confirms its malicious nature, classifying it as a phishing trojan.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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.lavalledesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609947909860b---safisexigopuvulerob.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://equator-maritime.com/userfiles/file/dibanapewokonobol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thucphamchucnangmy.vn/uploads/files/28454791470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hemeringen.de/ckeditor_ablage/userfiles/files/6941452440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nisbd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fabb8219d39---kamuvivazarodukog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://socialacademy.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fb6a99d136e26623f6f88498f6021143/zutorexivetefetenuwul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://immobilgold.com/file/41391142843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svb-volleyball.de/userfiles/file/kadiwadenofofalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://globalcenterhotels.com/bot/ckfinder/uf/files/dopovimoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alhouti.com/userfiles/file/kinobodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cdhsalumni.com/clients/28864/File/tarax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fantasypartyentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087ba64a2ff4---lojosev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://history.tlshaa.org.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bobapowoxeruwofeded.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vivekanandbawwa.com/userfiles/file/rumamizeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cortopolis.ar/userfiles/file/pumaxasabakorijona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sevenseahotel.com/uploads/images/files/mibuvedutet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://murito.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bujapiwabekokepuzezege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhdplumbing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/929d16183da24341d49136f4aaac92df/bezugunudobuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bright-inter.com/file_media/file_image/file/kixekemupowuwejerula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colegiodomus.com.br/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pavogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reachcast.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/77aaff8092a9a89590e88f73f2d83139/remowebufojoxapogimokitef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://headlinesdinerla.com/uploads/files/84558201505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://literie-depot.fr/UserFiles/file/77828997485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stylist.in.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c59d56f2c4---fejixajoroz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=cbse+syllabus+for+class+9th+science+2020+19+pdf+downloadPDF 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_off0000e0ff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE0FF 17576 bytes
SHA-256: 82a8c02298f1c55fb7572936b78dfe014f93309c869efb040421ecb72b4f062d
font_01_sfnt_off00010eed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EED 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012704.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12704 11648 bytes
SHA-256: 89b08958fc239d4af0c419a50e974d5000efb1c4f430904e412b279c4641c0ec