Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 389d1620c49730e5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.0 KB Created: 2021-09-05 15:30:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-20
MD5: 84562d7120f566e052c9c6e703a456c6 SHA-1: f166c61cea3040af7315af31f33a2102cd09ea3d SHA-256: 389d1620c49730e54c20aea3d8c34f50c98acb87682198c7f9be011c47dc9b74
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to potentially malicious sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to distribute second-stage payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://sanxuattrucauthangkinh.com/Images_upload/files/wugavalovarow.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://fortlauderdale-carservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5d2ef69dbb---vakasujejobutirigiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gdbchurch.com/clients/43262/File/ramifelabotuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ediliziaindustriale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b6368ba374---520546809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ghibms.com/userfiles/files/ginufujizozunepalopizose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://debeight.net/UserFiles/File/81004866401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kardelendalgicpompa.com/uploadfiles/file/jobumeniminimesajawiduwot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://singaporeroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7de5d8fd2a3ba959c3fcd5c079721c2e/lubasobexejimile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mjsolankifoundation.com/fck/imagesfile/37733746280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://absolutelyneon.com/userfiles/file/28010305104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://milliondollardesiclub.com/upload_files/featured/files/bunarefafupupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vizzzio.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a30f1be02944f6c2f8f4519db048e961/zujodulere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chicagoalphas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094750d678cb---73298095384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharenkon.com/files/timukajodulawasiniwuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marthatrotts.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bcb62e2fbb---41363606702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lensprovn.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dibupotuvopali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rialta.ie/userfiles/files/regedokopibigabuxibulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fminterativa.net/cms/plugins/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94455656916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greffedecheveux.center/upload/ckfinder/files/89341714108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maternites-catholiques.org/ressource/site-image/files/14996906277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://detskeihriska.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/226399926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://facilitymanagementassociates.com/survey/userfiles/files/10363376523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bacninhonline.com/webroot/img/files/41090899722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carsen.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/vezasamoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=lto+exam+reviewer+with+answer+2018+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_off0000b677.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB677 11428 bytes
SHA-256: 533f53deefdecc7d16472921224f70b26c4b955b5b106cd8f4cd3438e7846f08
font_01_sfnt_off0000d166.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD166 15004 bytes
SHA-256: 33f774ff32a63be1500700d8a24d8d4c4ed947af2da01333e6ee5d2b86b5a8c0
font_02_sfnt_off0000f5fe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5FE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1