Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 38a4354dc976933e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.7 KB Created: 2021-09-05 15:37:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: b6b37317b8d234fb6e087831f45857ee SHA-1: 98df91df8caf8c658c9e3af3cf7baf63f4bb9586 SHA-256: 38a4354dc976933ee4a42752d67d122b8e5c65a54fb92d6b56e89e418a83b48c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and presents a deceptive download button. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=hsk+level+5+word+list+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://sunnysidehighschoolclassof59.com/clients/867562/File/99542774637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.oasipizza.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2d084c2b79---9464090666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sg-design.top/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2d700bd83730c27e47d0416cdd3ef7ab/9079408946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://r2doodles.com/clients/4/4a/4a4ed909dcef54c1e3ec6a0ce1d29f2d/File/kurebutexawafizajelido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kes-stv.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ed60b5febb30764b285c81692d1bb9e/vibuporugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bvmnotarissen.nl/app/webroot/files/ckeditor_files/files/sisuguzuvifipebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quaint-house.com/vivajofupevumigijifus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ellisrasbetonwerke.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b153941626---8558943309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baheth24cars.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30809122045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iamsoldierfit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cd4f8364c3f---48721826252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kursadowicz.pl/Upload/file/keviwokajed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jaunimodienos.lt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u3iqflb81tnftchk1p3etgm0ca/zuximilub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawcab.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d2c100abc5---zakazonifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refundsrefunds.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609844654c4e3---luvev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://songiadahoaian.com/upload/ck/files/memekaborifujizikoliz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bewegeninarnhem.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5206217c5d---nubone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gbeequestriansurfaces.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5vcajm00v05q77l52p64k9keq3/47875001918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vr-spagna-20.effievirtual.com/galeria/files/xalesezefunobenekifazatof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myupfield.link/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/97lrcs4rkns9bpc3gnq661o9k1/503536312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiodrago.eu/userfiles/files/73300335379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadiantreasurer.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160756a6b7cb59---fefufebex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tamker.hu/userfiles/file/xuzepaxoguzabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bouncebodysupplements.com/newerac2c/userfiles/file/zifodizijibuxirunoted.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://savvyais.com/userfiles/file/25383815514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://growlocals.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a7ba38f81b749db4c6b5cf4ce63418d8/29632274028.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_off0000c0ee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC0EE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d900.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD900 20844 bytes
SHA-256: f304d88de1d5f202160659566367933e4c3d9ce8331a6a70d4ae95c4b199bc42
font_02_sfnt_off00011061.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11061 10592 bytes
SHA-256: bb36d3847ee2b2d6e7ad6c7028a1d23c6e7a984320acfac57439946c478131b5