Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 38464aa8d13b09b6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

99.0 KB Created: 2021-08-06 11:57:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 0fc3bf25a883fc8049852acf4f3415d5 SHA-1: 52286feb1208da1d8a0e2ef09d915c2e723133d0 SHA-256: 38464aa8d13b09b6b7d47d2b0170344a98a576a0248b6db8c437a777216425ff
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites hosting other PDF files. This indicates a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly support the malicious nature of this file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9986

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://ajisushionline.com/uploads/files/31995155433.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://tahubunting1.com/contents//files/mitumunidadafuwisowitata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teenvolunteer.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/be93190afb10ec63ec555761489f7f64/58955266560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/48b49fa35603ee94cd6cd95bee4a68bc/67365483489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideakliniksisli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a3164406ca---majufewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bankkartya.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68564626562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.atrium-tuiles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d02db820fa---43056184121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kayakbranson.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b967136008---remudaxovurogafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ndt-tl.ru/upload/file/varomapaferovikuwimodir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wacee.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f847be8d6b---jepetewefopusijotubumade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://auxerretv.com/content/public/file/88102500983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://altonika.pro/files/fck/file/76926942470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuizpyy.com/upload_fck/file/2021-8-5/20210805192057132997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mlight.cz/archiv/file/kovuwanowawojexefidaluje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lasvegasrebath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a0969649ea900648a0acf529824755a8/rureseziketojawig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expungemyrecordnj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fd111540386---91873731254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bridgesonthepark.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc65801ba8---dutolapofafekafuvujik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psihodesk.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58141168509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beautybybelief.com/admin/images/file/fufomoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bf-pomosch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t18vcdafeetv796o2h6g2fkab4/91385313639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://booklandbooks.com/userfiles/file/nokusadupilapumajozak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boxerdapolenta.com/cmsimple/images/file/78557511161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emergent-partners.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085953a346a7---38650253526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canxetaidientu.com/images/file/46532749716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://innotec-industrie.be/userfiles/file/59910456410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+the+montessori+method+of+learningPDF 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_off00011e0e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E0E 18080 bytes
SHA-256: cf6ad29fe0cd7c6a1a312a243ed3cb9a887bd619ac0696bddb27da0f74a1f9bf
font_01_sfnt_off00014d5a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14D5A 10792 bytes
SHA-256: bbe62a66dec105e59ff8be21c7aae4d6819db198fa790bde9aa2a22a6d9d7d38
font_02_sfnt_off000165d0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x165D0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1