Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 388a91db6b36bba4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.8 KB Created: 2021-07-03 04:17:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 38274178e12b600dd35213cd7deadd3f SHA-1: b5679ba0957e8992312a4e580ee26a0a6eca11c2 SHA-256: 388a91db6b36bba40a476c2b30346640d4d73f77f67aeae4744782876e9e7f3c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting it's designed to lead users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The presence of a download button lure further supports a malicious workflow.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9784

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.
  • 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 http://www.optionassurance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160928e172d954---kokufavuvonisafupeza.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://botosani.ro/img/uploads/file/fojoselixenex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alfapilates.pl/upload/file/jonagugirafon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://traonguoc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/svcmjktiqfhh61dg7vk9l1u4s6/26769095917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----8sbaavnccwq4am.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3eb2f1eface5373690df3d0ed49b2dce/minigebopekigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://midiabyz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d0861633d45215d04bf93a356d5a2200/wasijabalevafaxapalinunun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://movietek.vn/hinh-anh/files/95813445069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relleno-acidohialuronico.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6566cb70e4f3458892fe9e28c21f58ec/fozonaritunoxiropegixini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeyadhurgatemple.com/userfiles/file/momatavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nscs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/daeb86548ab3f2faabc80ecfbe07a1f1/jakufaxov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pmdrecycling.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076331eb6038---32872088441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sheenabusesandcoaches.com/userfiles/file/83153448386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://icmasistemas.com/userfiles/files/gifoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maidichike.com/upload/files/13223744710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maychamsocda.vn/images/userfiles/file/97323500428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lookupagency.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160929c0caaca5---goximokitazirelufazujer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wphs67.com/clients/9/95/95f8299e8098c1f2c85aab0f7ead5e97/File/81582339183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thesmithgrouphouston.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9528bdbf5985b12669100ab76a87cbcc/72602329165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baharemadinah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7703ab9934---faxonifatep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totalfinance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c29c8768b6c---17776380865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://good163.cn/Uploadfiles/files/24655297834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.isnb.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9b765a8fe87a4c07581342251b4e5bbb/40709740213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bettenbaehren.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b62b15357ce---7038728885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d11b265835---41649205372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indiebookoftheday.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607deffe6e596---57658199842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bacvietexpress.com/upload/userfiles/files/kexusoletetamomum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tecnotrefg.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b49abfb39b3---padepamazadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=nyc+district+attorney+officePDF 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_off00011e5a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E5A 17356 bytes
SHA-256: f8d752d8cd09b14d05184c0a51ce8f060a399638e7d23e1670ed5558aeb5490e
font_01_sfnt_off00014bdc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14BDC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000163f3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x163F3 10512 bytes
SHA-256: 3e24a8d5242b7982a53193c20af91473ded276b7e833878ee72bb6dcb2ebbbba

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