Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 38bc579c3d92a54e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.6 KB Created: 2021-09-17 11:13:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 9f7d944f1a8e6f4e239cf24a2f1e81d2 SHA-1: 8b36cdf045f15a92366886d9e6a36b5d86eb23f1 SHA-256: 38bc579c3d92a54ef55d150f13a2dc967d8fe643c473ab627ff8cd8e65a3cc94
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, including links to compromised CMS uploads and link farms on disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution by redirecting users to malicious sites. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for executing the malicious payload or initiating the redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

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 https://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=android+data+restore+tool PDF link annotation
    • https://taucaotoccatba.vn/images/news/files/97748392843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://floridadressyourhome.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/vebar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanasushichoice.com/uploads/files/88245554487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://upservice.expert/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wijeni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sidertest.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161366bd8d8e55---52342274707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.linkkorea.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e969b2df28---kefowotirozadeja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nacionalequipamentos.com/ckeditor/uploads/files/72109583769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://legouic-peinture.fr/userfiles/file/zerewerozizebikesujawexol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://businesslife.com/content/files/30363480844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttccid.com/userfiles/files/zalirejezugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://santehsevast.ru/userfiles/files/85173439819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://demenagements-remond.fr/userfiles/file/20210912221146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahcxdq.com/uploads/file/170023317131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://librojuridico.com/aym_images/files/zegup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://victorylimo1.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613df8bf9d364---67998650342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--lenachatka-57b.pl/uploaded/file/90994859859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cytokin.ca/upload/editor/file/ripulekorowajavokubuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://essuances.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gedikulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cafeau1ait.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7636931987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--spreewaldpension-lbben-9lc.de/meineBilderAlbertGrundschule/file/fajivodomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajarnveerapong.com/UserFiles/file/4716149688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inprovitpuertorico.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41047392751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trunglamdecor.com/uploads/userfiles/file/seroworowujip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dyneco.kr/userData/board/file/35469372374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etnorom.hu/pictures/68261515594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitedpetexpress.unitedreloth.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kirubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000c1ef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC1EF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000da06.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA06 10220 bytes
SHA-256: c2a068292390f6b570d7e1237fe841dfdebc9d2890279a862a9fa1c8125a0a22
font_02_sfnt_off0000f107.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF107 16884 bytes
SHA-256: 54152c78ad2e059c6ba664ef75bad96704fde0b6e4b05559d1da8341b240410f