Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 388982ed506df39f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.0 KB Created: 2021-09-07 03:06:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 469a24ac1ade4ea82615a9ae9a3a3ae1 SHA-1: a41797efcf707746fdd8985b9dcd38da5322ed47 SHA-256: 388982ed506df39f8519b4f7c534515c689f4dc0cf771d93302dfacce0fb07fd
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links to compromised websites, indicating an attempt to host and distribute malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a phishing or malware distribution lure. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 https://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=unreal+engine+4+c%2B%2B+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://nbkhjc.com/uploads/202108/file/210817084741989621m1u0s4nggzvt.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.k-24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c67f581329b---xepemevez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://livestreaming.group/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a6fbguibkkr6kc3qorel8nlmguj2tcst/kegade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alompar.hu/uploads/content_files/files/lopedomimivekuxak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stagerightstaging.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/193f5eae2c3b37b9d118c78158f58d2b/60225205935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----7sbabak5acz7byau.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c2c3f5d90217aa4ebc16dfe0bda82add/woralamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://faithleader.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63421145778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnpair.com/userfiles/file/29674465886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skyrunarser.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/2107160925566806575f233n.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amesmedicalservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1276f87984---48021741696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webinaris.org/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/78953091447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robert-zauer.cz/userfiles/file/xokikijinowerasixapanezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aab8aioy.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/28179961827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fontaine-eva.fr/userfiles/files/minakanupar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.guaitoli.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bce60b7668---35816401598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pezenasenchantee.fr/userfiles/file/mudavikim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abogarestudio.com/userfiles/file/8660022876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://provia-events.de/pics/fotos/1/file/96731299534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--2vxr09c6mc.tw/CKEdit/upload/files/30864830689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uyaviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075d498693ab---56461960451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sltg11mp6kisd8hr5l6k1r2qe1/11262861440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stellamaris.cz/userfiles/pojevepefitole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnkls.com/userfiles/file/1623781358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrilaui.com/userfiles/file/29287546512.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_off0000ee52.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE52 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010664.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10664 18400 bytes
SHA-256: 9f3e0f3fbf3c2e476b41767b561e38694b4db0d92782ce14d781d0ea0b2d8c4a
font_02_sfnt_off0001368d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1368D 10492 bytes
SHA-256: 2cc8d9d3e3de6ba5a9f1d8003233880335f3ee778df568591ec55a16c0452d2f