Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 38891ec0df6a2d74…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.5 KB Created: 2021-09-02 07:48:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: a66e3260187927d2da9331807c766d84 SHA-1: 96291ff065a6f906e0d030972801092df94d8da1 SHA-256: 38891ec0df6a2d74dcc3972d126a711c055366e14aa0fba95705c9cba7737708
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF that contains a link farm pointing to various compromised websites, likely intended to trick users into downloading further malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://vigova.vn/Images_upload/files/toredimutokawotajo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://dzbnf.com/upload/file///vegulegikejowasuluwasit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lilit-realty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/03ghqfpk0gujlbsdbrp6q0err7/patajolofigezubukosul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.scanworld.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f1251dc537---5549662494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clearlakesd.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c03cadafcf4---39836170589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lagostena.it/userfiles/files/1965163887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fantasypartyentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607458b64e505---43566447744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lenoir-elec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2lc44e5nt9tvh2a3ci9oi8mor4/mebafibusesodefibuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prosperitas.be/data/assets/file/55367777425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cbolean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cphhh7b9u07bh1pihaalrpme07/15360939250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baptistfriends.org/media/84088048296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fobosgrunt.ru/files/ckfinder/files/23825137566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://afghansolar.com/userfiles/file/fupuxaladiwuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tonwen.org/userfiles/file/29463731932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stellar.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67423078136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://usa-ex.com/images/blog/file/gobuvuvumowebob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asdgolfclubtoscana.com/writable/public/userfiles/file/dotagon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhagro.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b671e19c5249c610b064fda7e9a7a37d/guzafovuwexisalikekidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://capitolmetrophysicaltherapy.com/files/files/rogaginogojawuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geopraxis.it/userfiles/files/39537303963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crimesla.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/nisumefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://findmecakes.com/userfiles/files/13868068804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pronobile.de/catalog/file/takiniwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakecountyoralsurgery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087838d1fe8d---35682145358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=the+writer%27s+journey+mythic+structure+for+writers+pdfPDF 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_off0000e4e9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4E9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd00.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD00 11104 bytes
SHA-256: bb5df22e6d3e8503fd3184af670be7ec7272897e4a91845d80a61d107a373737
font_02_sfnt_off000116d0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116D0 18692 bytes
SHA-256: 8022c6a57b7debbfbbf31c1ae44b106a4be4e1b3119069224be5f43d666903ea