Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 389b3658e2757c5a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.3 KB Created: 2021-09-03 00:31:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 2eaeab41b9735a3851a591f1c550df97 SHA-1: b1c0603db617a90b399a4ee4122bc3740622eba2 SHA-256: 389b3658e2757c5ab681fdb8dd3a851a7109cf8db8c059149bbba7989918516e
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Numerous heuristics point to the PDF acting as a link farm, directing users to compromised WordPress sites and potentially malicious IP addresses. The presence of embedded URIs suggests an attempt to redirect users to external, untrusted content, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9935

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
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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.
  • 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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=the+three+arms+of+government+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://janeunchained.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n20l3qt3ij95vf89e3a930n32s/gavubuzexidawarike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ausafe.net/images/art/files/vuwuwiteguromas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deewanalarab.com/up_imgs/87942343096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hainescentreasia.com/images/file/83806501553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aashianarealty.com/file/33031157352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lee-trading.tw/archive/upload/files/titekedunutim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://k-sta.kr/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210719_CA8DF7E1AD5F7D67.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siyata.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb77d4c1c69---metajalojuzulezasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hillsclinic.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/59033443615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://79.170.40.182/boothtastic.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5f3527d210---weluzav.pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://plusbateria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071ce0693984---88961020096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://futurepoolandspa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/molipudabuwaputadafiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lalitas-thaimassage-spa.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0ad46e7c40---nidesubipifulinibajufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rowadalbyt.com/userfiles/files/fadagipox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://simkoongschool.com/uploads/editer/files/javabewij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kystop.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/chc63ick8akb86q35dhhsu4so6/jewukoreli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://classconnbio.com/img-jacson/files/92311203373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://discoverapartmentsforrent.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b0775d17a4e51d98a84b2fef6149bd95/gibugevabuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chaitraglaze.com/uploads/lujepivev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lowdoc-loans.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e1098cc618e---zisanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drironcat.com/images/file/xukemesoxoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://keyflounge.nl/userfiles/file/pajozejivowego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://twilaw.com/files/files/58677872837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kzhep.in.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/96b1e13mlj9ql6eup5od4j0s25/vazopanusim.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_off00010303.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10303 18396 bytes
SHA-256: d86f9e9c9f8b49ffaa2f0cb14beae59b2d0f04ed81321d60d68e6b0d7333d8a7
font_01_sfnt_off000132e2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x132E2 10836 bytes
SHA-256: b4560ca7a9af26de948ae9c79183811fc3944e8a58522fd2c435181fd16f646b
font_02_sfnt_off00014b91.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14B91 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1