Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 38b4d9eddc251253…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.0 KB Created: 2021-09-06 02:59:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: a927e3055a92ef80437d51fceb6434f1 SHA-1: bd7a97e348e670093abc61e5c63dafaae11aba9a SHA-256: 38b4d9eddc2512533eaa43bfa6ee9e8ec24675e10a973833a2a5dabeb892c179
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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.
  • 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 https://www.prshots.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tapebaporumapel.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://tc-antey.ru/uploads/files/xarudazigufoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apparel.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd954f2265fceff4a1caa5967bf653d4/45899120975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097044368084---dubovomere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hypnotiseur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e591f29472---26380518262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://palcev.ru/userfiles/file/vunolazaxikujasenipigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.xyoaa.org/sites/default/files/files/pavifodimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ce319ff6e6783d8a2407cd18efa2de0/sisubefijasexelivupejina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jjmassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ca3950718241a6a7bc5724f69c8a453b/takamonutexagebaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://admio.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b837450c96---99032041456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ehsclassof64.com/clients/b/bf/bfa5c4411462ceee4a19e543862d902c/File/99334449500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thevisionkharj.com/userfiles/files/xuxitotobuzepoferok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.netcorp.hu/data/editorfile/17494738755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarahscupcakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161178561b5c5e---xadomejasasadijuxonajal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leads-bd.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49486142411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lagrupacio.cat/file/37058122043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.limratechnologies.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b04473b7d06---mabutenovoxuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarljarry.fr/userfiles/file/91800336954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asijskepotraviny.cz/files/file/72414651510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jollytime.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6262648d0b910e4a8f5d87fca9aaf504/nunavarog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scenekunstskolen-efteruddannelsen.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pijowuvukananezoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aafkqcanfpgnhbng3b5i9a.xn--p1ai/pict/file/kemagav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canadanur.com/resimler/files/tesotogefubuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cs168.tw/upfiles/editor/files/durawuwama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lostfoundglobal.com/userfiles/file/55026438862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=servqual+model+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_off0000d723.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD723 17000 bytes
SHA-256: 3fa8da508f2e40579e984a7b803d1a2df8c646c39f950512f4e0437c1cb0b8d8
font_01_sfnt_off00010298.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10298 10584 bytes
SHA-256: a627c023ece5be24a1c335bc58132801d3cf0309d8d56999ff5ee0fdd6a24e28
font_02_sfnt_off00011a9a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A9A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1