Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 38e5da62e9fc5d1e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.8 KB Created: 2021-09-06 19:07:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: e6d1a65583bb77fa03e7b26430004ac5 SHA-1: 3c43111cc287dcc6bdc2a6e66aca5d00d3791685 SHA-256: 38e5da62e9fc5d1e3d5e2d66063958909892b19d4de7694dc17c8013fa50519f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains numerous links, many of which point to external websites hosted on compromised CMS upload storage. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to lure users to malicious sites or download further payloads. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was unreadable, limiting the analysis of the specific lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9897

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 http://www.circoloaletrium.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a7bf9b03fe---bulexu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ngoinvest.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/fazoregaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hud101.vn/webroot/img/posts/files/47808762190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bgjoe80jhpbi1qnv49dn3dhmm9/24447317528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://innotec-industrie.be/userfiles/file/72386029436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dui-antidote.com/images/userfiles/file/397827914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fazekaskozpont.hu/images/upload/file/vejowufafubazabuwosogin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://psychanalyste-gard.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19409402897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kalatranslation.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g3qj2r3icncqifpv2fvvklq15s/ditomatubonizilal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bangprice.combangprice.com/beta/cms_image/file/miverujufaxesegonezaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.insurancedirectcanada.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a4d7b159d7---gaguriluzijafaleg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://curry-box-deluxe.de/userfiles/file/63057547114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soba05.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/132f0651ffed130d1616451905da2bfe/2008823037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bridgestone-ice-cruiser-7000.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xapaweniviw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://handsonmontessoripk.com/userfiles/files/rakadozufurodexegifobewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://btcauction.vn/hinhanh/file/29376631848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hantverksakuten.se/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75953486016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://briljant-maleri.se/UserFiles/files/gosanizug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zzquansu.cn/d/files/47095034842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siphouse96.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a0f5a07d594e0acc53ef9b15f2fcdd5c/juxulenomodafenidipokeju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nceptionsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f8d75a27e696ce04dd63b3f0abc58d53/vofatakitaxot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gccpay.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2d531e67d35ccb2f33f83462180234e8/71095573869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creteservices.com/FCKeditor/userimages/file/pevagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://an-professional.ru/img/files/file/kesetaxufozuninikuvaped.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pagyesa.org/userfiles/file/20210829033707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sakaryakasaplarodasi.org/userfiles/file/duvivapowimexon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ladychief.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4fc152abc60803373782040cb869b456/nomuvegejolegusovenotor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=gta+iv+lcpdfr+wont+startPDF 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_off00010445.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10445 10672 bytes
SHA-256: 5297246ba09025ff99b16fb680ed99a5949558808e2613bc5caa31a3e9e93fb2
font_01_sfnt_off00011cef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CEF 18380 bytes
SHA-256: fc4b9172ae43f90cddd07c0a3ca9221002a24e0f0acd0e1fca8d1089020b2810
font_02_sfnt_off00014cf4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14CF4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1