Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 38b87c47a3e1588c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.3 KB Created: 2021-06-30 23:30:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 039418241afb12d13aa31d6a28071aac SHA-1: 3cb50eedbdae01cf482f8ee41b8cdb20cfea9676 SHA-256: 38b87c47a3e1588ca311cbca330c5bb545ac385a3498f362b20a17d4d954bf88
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics suggest it functions as a link farm, directing users to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, likely as part of a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The 'SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE' heuristic indicates the document likely instructs the user to open a password-protected archive, a common tactic to bypass security scans.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=online+free+convert+word+to+pdf
    • https://voicelux.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a7674e01a021d399e27bcca6018ac822/85764547950.pdf
    • http://christembassydocklands.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d99d9d87a414b84959ba6cbf3122540/gasiwukunakelagaw.pdf
    • https://provisionsinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609832115f75c---14138214094.pdf
    • http://whuntex.ru/userfiles/file/80087508421.pdf
    • http://ecandrychow.pl/Image/files/guweboj.pdf
    • https://relleno-acidohialuronico.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d048a19db5b6c6b2a98baa73a503de5c/xabowipumewisemure.pdf
    • http://global-gypsum.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b784724491---zojuzejusepepelufulal.pdf
    • https://drmiamiconnect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/29a6d70411f5e6d5dfae5346b14948a5/ditemagonimekijuvipujoki.pdf
    • https://pyhm.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o72ar42lnc16vkc9k5qo8r3d7k/kodaxa.pdf
    • http://www.rec39.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aac763cf73baa57d7b406b8581f332fa/98789295155.pdf
    • http://www.training4thefuture.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca43c6f5b8---53749024711.pdf
    • http://math-talk.kr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/in8pr30r05npq7voobuo0pd82c/lotobi.pdf
    • https://yalcinplayer.com/calisma2/files/uploads/86718058596.pdf
    • http://argra.rs/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079dccbeb14b---8217442641.pdf
    • https://batikatravels.com/userfiles/file/mezojevinuxenapefokokelof.pdf
    • http://www.brennholz-heinlein.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e4ff572f1c---tegidojetubitisusow.pdf
    • http://slowjamsundays.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3d20dd998a---9971618143.pdf
    • https://www.cedicar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f4d4233d25---80539263103.pdf
    • http://rideco.hu/upload/file/44547608739.pdf
    • https://avis-medical.ma/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8db9ad4835fb17dc6440c8c7ded938a/xexarazifikakaderufite.pdf
    • http://pcccphucvinh.com/upload/files/madogaso.pdf
    • http://geniodelweb.com/file/raben.pdf
    • https://homeaestheticsllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/69ddab8d8cf53ce08710b2ddbb4b913f/89608086709.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a2abb67bcc---90953899686.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000cc42.bin
5df5e1d0cb7871fee1b653c7ef081b9c33e62286e225edd9df07ebc95d1bfc41
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCC42 10460 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000e42c.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE42C 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000fc3e.bin
b533fac8d9bddfcc946c7d11b5f9336d5e3e76df92297dfba98ce9384defa6a5
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC3E 16968 bytes