Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 382f45b098f677e6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.0 KB Created: 2021-09-04 07:41:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: b8ced28b9e99f8fb1e02476cb0372530 SHA-1: 93e189be75b0a75f21ec71ad607b56f2b7b4db4a SHA-256: 382f45b098f677e6503c3ae2d2012209ba6037a67589fb1a96aded98a5ee4105
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution through these links. The document body is heavily obfuscated and appears to be non-readable content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://stroisvias.ru/userfiles/file/9544445638.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.kngroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160800c855423a---risazawutogafawibod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ristoranteibucanieri.it/userfiles/files/kumujuvotewedopos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ddriu.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05dfe1469e5cefe39dcdb6e912c420c8/doragosanipomub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cheers-gifts.com/userfiles/1009183857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jungvassar.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/93081573230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h9emv9o8qrpeiuanjp2uo8d9fj/36279259346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bodegoncriollo.com/userfiles/file/komirarudapomatasareni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eugensa.lt/app/webroot/uploads/userfiles/files/34518166374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geyikkimya.com/userfiles/upload/file/zanudaxewuvoxibawajitog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.christinemartin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f117720423---vovivisolokokolivog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imagespa.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160859e7658666---lekufakutazejitade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nepalmicrofinancesummit.org/userfiles/files/76470789865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ktcz.eu/files/files/lexujidudifunepedobezusut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://warraichmeats.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073af0ec607a---sizikuden.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1carl.com/userfiles/file/nujafalipomere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://michaels-limo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f100bb3fda---74916916682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadiantreasurer.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071ea40865b8---89532114400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tikatalog.sk/_files/file/75299015971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baobihungphu.com/media/ftp/file/1649544865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canyonoaksmtg.com/~duckdi5/canyonoaksmtg.com/content/file/bikavepukavoxalasoxomusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://postscriptproductions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9355674cb8---46163856509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tumakuruvoice.com/tumkurvoice/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63681356477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ar-intl.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ikhbqe0ju3t9v0eman51ddjop3/zutimiroxatiforugine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130bd879f19c---dosesumede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=passive+assertive+aggressive+communication+worksheetsPDF 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_off0000dade.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDADE 17432 bytes
SHA-256: 6b497d5730510da5f7434cda90d91c6dcf862f61e7779baa067cd14ea999bb69
font_01_sfnt_off000107f1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107F1 10976 bytes
SHA-256: 0f54d0ed773b4a483d5937f6ea897e56fe46a3d72e85a4e7e5138faf7009da6b
font_02_sfnt_off0001215e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1215E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1