Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 38a0430c200d3f14…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.3 KB Created: 2021-08-16 06:10:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 994adde30cb8306ed50f1557ce2e5f0b SHA-1: 94eaec5d657be4452cdc88909ac6841fd5a27b27 SHA-256: 38a0430c200d3f14de79a53794656c2ef470a09dadbd73c6059f7ba6582c2bd7
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.001 User Execution: Malicious Link

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised WordPress upload storage locations and disposable hosting sites. These links likely serve as lures for phishing or to distribute further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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://g3az.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608754e8338d0---20823655257.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.sesc-am.com.br/Selecao/ckfinder/files/73364977253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sieckultury.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2d879def2e6708f51f494309a99a9de6/wirusevujolusezalesam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotrusso.it/userfiles/files/wuputikeraduzelajidem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://udachi.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l5lh8o41l273fbrneppimk1811/96017035812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nisbd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6eb33531ea---limigoxijap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luberoff.com/userfiles/file/39373196224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ehoron21.mn/uploads/files/xijiminugekutuvonepudun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fastcomputer.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72fc9f6074c587ccb5daa1f4d916776e/56197833777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mrmusicfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f9ofahmlka2t9dvkiogo8cti1v/nerelugikixovusapilaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvgrup.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16118a9d12b1f7---pisafezidofakax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scantech3d.com/files/37312839403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bbfrontedelmare.com/userfiles/files/52561658269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xetnghiemadndanang.com/upload/userfiles/files/68145744812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qboardapp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f9bfc757816f62b7132622c4d29d9e4d/mufinuzozupuwivaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fajndoktor.cz/images/file/files/nogokovuzanijijeji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-photo.lv/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xodumifojog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.arc-welding.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t63vpqkinf9djtfg12tst9shp6/25884531219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160719d65083f2---kenofuramipifupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jingluo.net/uploadfiles/files/fuxogudoxudogakob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vanvoorst.info/uploaded/file/rugunekezepuka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mission4recruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5c4db5275b---63669553687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apluskleaning.com/admin/images/file/83751319274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercedesbenzofaustinservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fbe63ec852---wemowonaxowalefatekaxeta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=ecuaciones+diferenciales+lineales+de+primer+orden+calculadoraPDF 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_off0000e4df.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4DF 10764 bytes
SHA-256: 5d90b10d730df3d5bc0e0eab959dcb4ac7a6867ef45ac2e95705fe0f14423f16
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd8e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD8E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000115a0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x115A0 18512 bytes
SHA-256: 2bdc00d02ca9811e4a09c955c6344cc6792bcc689d997f015619c3c35735f89e