Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 38dd012c3fff6b33…

MALICIOUS

PDF

106.6 KB Created: 2021-07-05 06:23:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 45672744d4c52f8bf9c38b04ba627c9a SHA-1: 5552fa47ce026ee54c453c78695c22637e766582 SHA-256: 38dd012c3fff6b33dc64cb087640be4cf953d7811bc08c0d3492a917cae22923
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a large number of links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it's designed to lure users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a phishing or redirection attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9932

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 http://yuseigachi.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3c28317a70---tolavezasuwejotapelaraki.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://sakitonus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd49b9ef93975b88d2d752f9547a4c3c/bagaguxiwosozadopize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meruzhankhachatryan.com/app/webroot/files/file/63987227525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lifestaralberta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8eb78a6dc7---guvaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laclonghotel.vn/upload/files/gikositezur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.urbanwaterways.info/files/fuvafupes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thietbiotoviet.com/Images_upload/files/roneti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mithermomix.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/71e30715dcdff01dbd08a55d4eec0a6d/44701545341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eau-msu.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xomukipuxidabanutiwifok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaz.sk/editor_uploads/files/sesuwurisulupobubipejulus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nam.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac2c2d3440d---94872852364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.annaleehuber.com/content_files/file/ratox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1akwe.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/48104275366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trucraftsmanship.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9737fa7ef9---16242191038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://terminal.hr/userfiles/file/46299640063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.virtualaid.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d60d95f2b1f---45390064727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.verpoort-bouw.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160791d1823635---nesuwane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.prowallpanama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c8183af1200bad2ceb77e4926e097ea2/sokupodafat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.myjamaicais.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/20fc009f23d7a2ec18a0f46496407af5/sijadorobadijanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://portsidestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/01a39a337978ef570f8ec7eeb13c2c0b/fapijevetetuzokitagasuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tifdip.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f5e6f709f0---buvugegasemedavajikisef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iescolumbus.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d712293de75e56abfe149006d09e59ca/68666812742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xehowo24h.com/images/ckeditor/files/wevunojipakufume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stalmost.pl/userfiles/file/sudumavujutupikekozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuizpyy.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-8/20210508203157772464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=conference+call+providerPDF 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_off00013f3a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13F3A 17512 bytes
SHA-256: ddc63be6eb65f8630b46c819276457d14851d15a4ba949cdc6252f0964d0b677
font_01_sfnt_off00016d14.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16D14 10444 bytes
SHA-256: f42530268ad573f0fe569311483a0d4879a9eb6f752e194448e22ea5f5736864
font_02_sfnt_off000184e3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x184E3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1