Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 38e4d47718a39ff6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.5 KB Created: 2021-08-07 02:05:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-16
MD5: 40e7904f3a389e716d30d1b648b09652 SHA-1: ade3cd183d7848128c53dc7ee7064c141b665c79 SHA-256: 38e4d47718a39ff64506f6dbec36ba3b92bc2d6bdf9536c5a27db1f52de6b453
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links are indicative of techniques used to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9984

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://nceptionsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0adab41bce0ed1edd0057e820c665cae/32323027439.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://vintageguitar.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ruzuxate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://study-go.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d4f2cf78042b484c6dfe1e438588ff13/42433031822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biotop-zamosc.pl/userfiles/file/25341481067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhagro.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a1c65127d131d26e4878701f43d7d9cc/74080417215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anvlaw.com/userfiles/file/julunuxefome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aberdeeneyes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097f4d7e2ec5---zumabuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pianoszimmermann.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b8ead6e8f9---bigikawoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chatfieldfarms101.com/userimages/47147733195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alternativefitness.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e61d7370c07---20883887441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-poseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d8daa816cb0---56670750505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jhannahs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083a50a2d636---30034687172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://karinbentum.nl/uploads/file/69248821215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elitvorota.ru/f/file/1164269156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rowtheerne.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f36e3cbd5fc370684533e4d447de4aa0/44562997747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.studiolegalefusimorelli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfbd23c6b30---gefogajojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://playgametoday.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5812e2f9cc0fca3a1ef43b4b9b136ea3/tubixagojoxufev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digifast.cz/userfiles/punusavanevilibeki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homeaestheticsllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f49c4f7723027576a50d1ad0d2d6b6d4/loxepurobufarekak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chsbicentennialclassof1976.com/clients/c/c2/c283bfa2537a82fb79a670aa087b4bd4/File/20306550929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://davcpundri.com/css/file/50439279755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polskienarty.pl/data/aktualnosci_imgs/file/13861536917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiobaliva.eu/userfiles/files/7524467088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dailygiasi.com/uploads/userfiles/file/pitufef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+prep+for+rbt+examPDF 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_off00010a75.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A75 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00012287.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12287 17424 bytes
SHA-256: 58ac38f19f7698f7906a3981f6622aedcdeaeabd655a569e1447c80fd54f56f2
font_02_sfnt_off0001502f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1502F 10428 bytes
SHA-256: 5d139752f85f2da619f6259c9feb5b52045c4dd4b6f046cb961a143a5aabe881