Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 38bb732ea909094d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.0 KB Created: 2021-06-30 00:24:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 0c4fdeb5cd18296b1356e4171a355899 SHA-1: 020222e80b0a474742060fb46222796e26aa81b1 SHA-256: 38bb732ea909094db56f2de002af5bc843fecc75fe38baa7cc9a3d9d8c96ab25
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The document contains a large number of embedded URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, suggesting it functions as a link farm for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of an IP literal in one of the URIs further increases suspicion.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9704

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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 http://huiking.cn/uploads/file/240024159314.pdf
    • https://www.corridar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/iij6k46uhm1urjujkmcsamcoe4/67138222466.pdf
    • http://ne-moloko.ee/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/82abcfb99e647e9c5bf1806468e99b56/jofubofasolajexigafasi.pdf
    • http://thietbiotovn.com/Images_upload/files/29141067594.pdf
    • http://fqcycpa.com/jingkelun/userfiles/files/20210621120708.pdf
    • http://bidmitt.com/img/files/file/8718901850.pdf
    • http://royalwedding.jp/images/blog//file/kimitekovadifaramarolurel.pdf
    • https://velvetskin.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5a45b8ba1e09e5f38ea5f2174040bbdc/kavuzutilenakifizobutiju.pdf
    • http://albatrossmrn.com/konadnew/userfiles/file/67874346698.pdf
    • http://plenar.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c014474ffd3---35949588911.pdf
    • http://www.highlandmetals.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607836f28d584---wamewakelokajitabeguku.pdf
    • https://www.mozartcantat.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d1d6ac6d1b4---gufafof.pdf
    • http://phpirateboosters.com/clients/867602/File/detifefabaruradil.pdf
    • http://holdemigny.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zopemodupovisokoge.pdf
    • https://2greenchicks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6cc8abca254f55a388230468fb9b7ea8/ludawafodupunafe.pdf
    • https://bmat.mn/uploads/ckfinder/files/63935651959.pdf
    • http://atlantichomeportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160907cb6704e4---60955765636.pdf
    • http://mg001.cn/upload_fck/file/2021-6-20/20210620005948742164.pdf
    • http://79.170.40.182/boothtastic.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbb6690586b---kifatefijudekalogen.pdf
    • http://imaginove.eu/data/Files/gizosu.pdf
    • https://sv-fin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5979cf5cafabe70482424ea3604f676f/gusenutuwusiniri.pdf
    • https://xosobacninh.vn/webroot/img/files/66711878216.pdf
    • http://artmetinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1bf4de7754---45373718676.pdf
    • https://genesisbehaviorcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f7d8bd721f434d1764d967e06ab49874/1802940532.pdf
    • https://functionalmovement.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ae92225867e1194b60df1cc5c1d4a29/sodugubanaxijesuvo.pdf
    • https://vizzzio.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ec4aa85f83db9e076d960f52bce12bda/bijafunuminumovukasiduz.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=ridiculous+meaning+tagalog
    • 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00010282.bin
a0a396d6a88669f85d81cad17f3e7d3a0e75726d3aaa718da702ebb4b720e241
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10282 18420 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001329b.bin
7559e0e12d1038faadecf0a9767d094855a6c53cab2cba25ca641d1a1398c272
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1329B 10760 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00014b25.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14B25 16792 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off00016336.bin
d0e02ea597b059e12c640018e4c0b859d2fbe31b167f59dc9fd0dc6423c65742
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16336 16488 bytes