Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 38504addd8f6e0ec…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.3 KB Created: 2021-07-05 07:11:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 42725a87b15e9e6369626f8ef1f633ca SHA-1: 5dacd6b281787e335b4db27a98a2712125027998 SHA-256: 38504addd8f6e0ec252a7f0227f3c375d8f055772bf54c8b56dd307c5281d916
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of these links and the overall structure indicate an attempt to lure users into clicking through to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+reduce+pdf+without+losing+quality PDF link annotation
    • https://grand-forge.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/676f33639a6cc1820bf58198a5deb5fa/tutasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comobrew.com/newsite/images/user_uploads/file/xugadikomopomozoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pelicanfinancialnetwork.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33298107904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acornschoolcharleston.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b940004fbc40f5da79fc90578e35f629/24794523272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://makiriaszto.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/legopipapuxibodakipofusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-range.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac2e1911dd1---88365966064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhaban24h.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/limmsqerfuarlaq12okp86jng8/16037953984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pinotcar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a12dea052f43c89dc2944daacd091d9b/zevaroner.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bustotoronto.com/userfiles/file/51868370735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://freedomhypnosisnyc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8f1fef64e25ed7298b9b4cf8fe6f1183/71173316585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreevmag.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6a6e7567bfc0f81e24dae9def130e264/gozowokugakatizinosebot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bancodevida.com/bancodevida/admin/images/image/file/diboxotizatiraduvirevaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.havanasalsa-dance-tours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ea897b708e1b861874209ad6ce4c435/kapokakafipafajad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smarttactic.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be817f83752---totabivevar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.penyembuhanholistikreiki.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d093760fde---rusib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://voolabs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b03bcdf624---bobogeliwebubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globalazeri.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ctpnm2c25ge7enorskh7su2i3/teriretovogepigefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lorenzonimmigrationlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1b27528b9d---memexilovasuxonojowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://billsky.ee/files/file/20007137733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livingcircles.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b564296059e---jewukabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iescolumbus.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/303a762434414a6d8f7d971ff76e3caf/babusip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kasargod.net/uploads/file/rodisajoxuxapamitixirom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ddshower.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wepuzeni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skupp.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1dcdb4c13b---86012330953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000fdc0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDC0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000115d2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x115D2 18452 bytes
SHA-256: b43f53885ebb74469622314bfac4bd7a0a095c237e5b10b7c00fe668216e74b3
font_02_sfnt_off0001459b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1459B 11336 bytes
SHA-256: f39a9ef798456bb5f9e7b9c319ddb94f97f41e7a65e121d315f572defed40938