Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 38b778c16b6b7ef1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.4 KB Created: 2021-09-20 07:11:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 0647eed11d2470246a012ce43f4e312b SHA-1: 45352e10c8eba6685f58df5e9e3cb06cd4dc8d8f SHA-256: 38b778c16b6b7ef11b59653827d14332706924a6c7d09fb6cb3aa6d3eae58f64
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or initiating further malicious actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9833

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 http://rosritual.su/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44064486066.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbfeahwarn6ac1adp3fb2p.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/xewidaludipuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://morpheus-architects.com/file_media/file_image/file/14959384427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tayles.com/uploaded/navamusabibotojafikokug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://julieesteban.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161369d61c06fe---28541070715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://llibreriaha.com/img/events/file/kadikilexezaxam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://premiumresourcing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139a44436d6c---83850760361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://latgalesamatnieki.lv/files/file/nivoraxuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://railwaysrailroads.com/upload_files/files/20140627718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://global-brand.net/userfiles/files/39818595694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rajakedua.com/contents/files/88599000702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harekatmemuru.com/images/Media/files/80953257721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://forma8.kz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87614375645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geobigoni.it/userfiles/files/guranirabemeravode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hzxf.com/images/upload/File/nital.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aldobini.it/userfiles/files/futesilisor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pyccenter.com/images/Upload/file/badadida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanyangsteel.com/files/fckeditor/file/12363361406132cd6bdc439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://b7b.reviewz.eu/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/salexinemoged.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szyoujin.com/UploadFile/file/20210916004645305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--psg-9lac.hu/files/files/60025430576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ristovski.mk/public_html/upload/userfiles/file/ranuroroligopumililubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.focus.mu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ff40147f9518fd98da0fff6059f9f643/gazojevewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marljivo.hr/UserFiles/files/tunewiveropavixafuvizopik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kampusogrenciyurdu.com/file/jirazokizuzomepof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hardiebase.com/uploads/assets/filefile/kajoxune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shijijiaming.cn/filespath/files/20210914041230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=live+anime+wallpaper+freePDF 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_off0000de2d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE2D 18312 bytes
SHA-256: 6243649c7916f78d6eae79c59eba0905c1236c54dabe1405028fcd05a01b84bc
font_01_sfnt_off00010d13.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D13 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001252a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1252A 10244 bytes
SHA-256: e809137e622d96fcfc5df4e369ad47b48848b27598e2c552e131a0c8eb324812