Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 388bda81fbdeb7f7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.1 KB Created: 2021-08-19 16:56:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: e2aa3fbcc2d07fd6cedf69917673b3d9 SHA-1: fb47d15cee3ecb54e0f8f6e95f116cc6643a5329 SHA-256: 388bda81fbdeb7f7247d76c9e9e3dec4b0bbd5ce17f9d40204cba5d760d84262
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting vulnerabilities or redirecting users. Heuristics indicate it's a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9928

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 https://elsadaulte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tomuxuzapugenix.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/16bb79082d7381547bba4ce86f1417ea/10567908268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.britocunhaadvocacia.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160812741af7b9---89421810469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hauptsache.cc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1f924a1c10---jirilupipemen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ausafrica.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f09c0311b3---wejuxizofimawumuvedodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://christembassydocklands.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5e683fc09f03d350e52d5d8764482b01/vapofokamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://levne-pohary.cz/UserFiles/File/45173596354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bindashnews.com/userfiles/file/zukarumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oneremote.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/55c347987e342222dc31371f15d5941e/58475623492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eska-lift.ru/userfiles/file/36552446632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intechsol.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8c45e03dfd---rarajudolofagepidodogoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gunjanjain.com/app/webroot/js/uploads/files/kiforenanegudejewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://writtenmail.com/upload_images/file/witaguvuzopavetejuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alternatifmedikal.com/img/userfiles/files/12859585517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://web68s.com/upload/files/23268508606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://papiratisk.cz/soubory/meletexafoxovaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://criteriacambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aqpah481tak2biuvub49de1r6p/getusodot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://usmleworkout.com/files/file/58016732573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vegasoft.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16111681e96818---88237623236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.findvoters.com/userfiles/file/sapafidipobapekup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://encouragingmath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/375e624f339918616529920120c0da3f/seduvuxagopepomegazojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nessium.fr/userfiles/file/batolosedamifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woonhuislift.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a722e78b3fe---2276090748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jowinbio.com/upload/files/202108062343297520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pibmg.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/files/5464188682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://projectmine.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rimizefefirumuxireropoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=google+maps+send+to+car+volvoPDF 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_off0001101e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1101E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00012835.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12835 10868 bytes
SHA-256: 2b7b9333940cf74fca5108935ae92a5be0e25aafd5aa90ef3cdf1f3851189ba6
font_02_sfnt_off0001412e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1412E 16940 bytes
SHA-256: c7e744e4e7aea47bdcd72f3bc24dd62067febb48e66d3306bf98707f52c1218a