Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 38b7e68ec92008b8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.9 KB Created: 2021-07-22 16:24:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 4181441d71e321a10a67da4ff36f05f5 SHA-1: 26d285ca9d1c7d22c886a2856ccaaeefb062de49 SHA-256: 38b7e68ec92008b8385997d80cdaa990ff7b924968b756c98ae902d699445dc5
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to numerous distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised CMS uploads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The file's structure and numerous external links suggest it's designed to redirect users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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://anfauglir.com/images/file/zenibipudibelatinupi.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.scanworld.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160758a166088f---xefuruzoganazuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tayles.com/uploaded/74081674209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k5rv7eu40qida4qrkosb3nkvbk/92859943191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://contentworks.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cff0f145ad---66844596419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.herbertvanderbrugghen.nl/draft/zibekosoponubep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dongytueduc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/84pnmtvafuhsh2a6eld36b42kj/20181521236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tecnoservizi.com/userfiles/files/9595943242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prestopc.it/upload/file/botutuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sphotobooth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076cbb583da1---64328467126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baharemadinah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c54b1a70692---31228814901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://infotechloyalty.com/bot/ckfinder/uf/files/26236567910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.unidacardoso.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160747d6f21cb9---bufilekepimonupiperosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rrvchefs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1743c948edacf72d83fea227b1d2264f/23960255566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wallsfamilyreunion.com/clients/876683/File/lusol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webscape.co.bw/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d3f31c6eab9---49564335832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://specimport.by/files/files/biliraxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://minhphucvietnam.com/uploads/userfiles/file/10317574132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ei-hotel.com/free_images/files/remoxemudov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barrarioservicos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5035994f56---35092027334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drairtools.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90128817181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skikk.be/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/doluxajufojitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tonygssoulfood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f756b8abfc08d0fd81ed6efea010d268/17375733953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.toptalentusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607635eb28b72---tutalezavirikuragedipalol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6da6bb270eed864db7f6c609a7c5447d/89733033616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=relaxing+spa+music+for+sleepPDF 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_off0001126b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1126B 10972 bytes
SHA-256: b46a594dbbe23a02543755288b57a19f4e7d4b3e6058d47cf85a29c9a88bb15e
font_01_sfnt_off00012bd5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12BD5 17512 bytes
SHA-256: cc87091418dbb8fa3ce936dfd2976d97af26e04d15e8013d3603d22ecf5581ca
font_02_sfnt_off000159a2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x159A2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1