Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 38cb7a0da0f8ac99…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.4 KB Created: 2021-09-07 08:03:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: bc4af3578ee3b180a0ad47dca68c6aa8 SHA-1: c3a500eb04a00aee1e49adcb40ad251d1c26d72a SHA-256: 38cb7a0da0f8ac99392eee9a0b99868cc5933269c04333be1a615aefc9f701a8
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF is identified as malicious by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier, with ClamAV also flagging it as a phishing trojan. The document appears to be an image-based lure, typical of phishing campaigns, designed to trick users into clicking embedded links. Several of these links point to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a distribution network for malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9959

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 68 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://cafehinglung.com/uploads/files/97263653719.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://aquariumfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1b69c1068ef24fee5282b5eda3a21ca3/60675756037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.burit.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160763737ca0a5---17361529734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musorcentrum.hu/files/article/file/wifoxevilevefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ffarchitettura.it/userfiles/files/zaravexofinenozakafiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwingstop.com/uploads/files/zodexesukufafubeku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tamtam.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bb1c51ddaa0ef000d37ceb061b9e8234/mulumomejazalepofilavufes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marwaautorepair.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/38524446468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ural-aiti.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rejesilovezuxuxesobadojad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3e-machinery.ru/app/webroot/filesfiles/nutudukajajazapunuja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ebonit.light.bg/includes/libs/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61747959857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manufim.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160984f2cbf4fc---mofamam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.urban-quartz.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b403a92ffd7a3e662ebeef488f83e6bf/65135456996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bedb1dada3a---fudosevuluzopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aihyang.com/userfiles/file/86764956381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stopasbestos.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8e0b378687---5267476877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.io/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdf377ab810---96867363318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jhferry.com/data/fckeditor/file///79548350489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frasertechno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa78e998f5c---20858662922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proia.bg/userfiles/file/dekuzalijom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baoholaodong24.com/userfiles/file/buwovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://duext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f70db04e7bfe333c80c449e504d3046f/vusuzamomopizir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.qookspot.kitchen/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160799078c1122---76367161345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=grace+fit+gym+guide+pdf+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_off0000afa4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAFA4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c7bb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC7BB 10780 bytes
SHA-256: 7c5bcdd62f62cf86c4e3085891e455903239320129daf02a928e982b28193b60
font_02_sfnt_off0000e06a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE06A 13720 bytes
SHA-256: 15184ad49d512fbbb4c943615a1c845ede2411d9e628a38687f2f67f6097ac8d