Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 38b6edd384a93cf5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.4 KB Created: 2021-08-29 06:28:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: a2f764b41d94fbb858c2ca826dd1555b SHA-1: 572b19bc7152bb7eb7f74961797aaa8976ebf444 SHA-256: 38b6edd384a93cf51a8dd6738761d98e15f67a6046592d730ee0bc12f4f2bd36
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a malicious document, likely delivered as a spearphishing attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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://thucphamtruongxanh.com/Upload/files/21432093189.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bike-aholic.com/UserFiles/file/gijajuditilegido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sensible-seeds-premium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160795adb925d9---pelozedusivatuwefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://st-ark.it/userfiles/files/nitikujiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yachtandgulet.com/userfiles/file/72218018041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.si/upload/9174086276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thekitchendesignstudio.org/uploads/files/82085325509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wflorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6954bd9c4bbfb34221ec00809773d12a/15281150150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----dtbhwhggdaoqfh3d.xn--p1ai/media/file/3025166146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607eae89b9e9e---33445360811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zanhotel.ro/beficientconsultingFiles/file/30868805132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naturallabs.fr/userfiles/file/41234268977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suphammamnon.org/uploads/files/welofofidilonewize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leap-egypt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160731924d4e20---gorefavupinisinemev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sz-nuoyi.com/Upload/file/2021081115361569445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelritariccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609044acc982b---58450657618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://solarconsulting.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/24b1cbe129f44e2af9bc74f646d1125a/junevaxapelaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.birapart.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1392867c63---69372718088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.next-conseil.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d3149a8188---lidivipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.indoorclub-informa.com/boletines/img/file/41980490651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tc-antey.ru/uploads/files/gazew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intimatehotelpattaya.com/image/upload/File/55197397033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://home18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ae8a8e4f4396fc02fa9200a2b5963c6/lutivofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitylightsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5e451158e9b1de788a603e588002c001/11549555565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2girlstrippin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610378db641aa---netutaserufuxufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=dls+2021+release+datePDF 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_off000107e7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107E7 18828 bytes
SHA-256: 6891fe8c15de9b60040909117f9b3f3695505718f81383f47e470a1047ca6403
font_01_sfnt_off00013902.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13902 10220 bytes
SHA-256: 029b0109c6547e8380b738a86e2cb6f31edc20ce47d23d6215c520a6ce7e1f41
font_02_sfnt_off0001503b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1503B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1