Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 38951dae399c744d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.0 KB Created: 2021-09-07 04:01:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 62827577eaadfa5ccf410aaa492fc6e2 SHA-1: 9add09cd79f5713a985f7649aec598880f154eb4 SHA-256: 38951dae399c744dc3ef9e7658e8ee7276222291f9eb5ce2001304be07f51271
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or further malicious actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 http://ramseier-appenzell.ch/elrada/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mozuw.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://chinese-wall.tw/upload/files/60202720896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baohanhranghm.com/upload/img/files/56065083749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://delvalle68.com/clients/54584/File/vazubebiduzigubawegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://masonfamilyreunion.org/clients/b/bd/bdaf0a3c19eb5f10f0519c747c117e37/File/39617972623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hongpakthai.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bevuvevizulemuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kystop.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5nhpi6fqiebrmk6v8ch7qdeqc5/44577616954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flygarfield.net/userfiles/file/pajumojeli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eia-edu.com/userfiles/file/piwenekinipofubokeba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gaseg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hlvpagfq4r0q9j1q795cfmfjs5/mekamejuxuvelaguve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kistours.hu/userfiles/file/lezajolitimadire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saamfactory.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/969b26533c5bdf640db1a83e280b2a08/96175084602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advik.net/userfiles/file/mulazozozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1atlanticfunding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097361ce19df---tipixexozuzufusoxup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestforfishing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/254359969d31a72c0489d04a1b5b7337/lekokobak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://roocenter.ru/upload/file/rukut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://semangkabiji.com/contents//files/futefanemiku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tylbm.com/Upload/ckeditor/files/97956288624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trevorhannant.com/popelalemuvuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.driftime.ee/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f427ff70920---rufasiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://semangkamerah.com/contents/files/xikezar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foodzipo.com/uploads/userfiles/files/bexexuwurevomebekob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ebsenglish.net/_UploadFile/Images/file/33586782432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=maxitrol+210e+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_off0000b9dc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB9DC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d1f3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD1F3 10608 bytes
SHA-256: a0f8084b993476b0856f378c1d769d9e69f53b686122d9b0376d87f1c59c4645
font_02_sfnt_off0000ea60.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA60 18760 bytes
SHA-256: 1751c1219a787396687790131c03c74b026ff8ed617406d32d10d92a3e4c3183

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