Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 38e9e1780b40a611…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.4 KB Created: 2021-09-20 18:20:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 02ef3c8fa0348f471b1a175b1d039950 SHA-1: f7c632c5763a4dffe6f9b16a8c63855a1018b791 SHA-256: 38e9e1780b40a6111fc0c184c94bcfe9bafef25216e881ab8559659d237c183a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links pointing to potentially compromised or disposable hosting sites, indicative of a link farm used for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, with the embedded JavaScript likely facilitating the redirection to these malicious URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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 http://abwrva.com/uploads/files/98017747436.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://thailaundry.com/imgUpload/files/naduluduveseb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://am-system.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77356691729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a2itsolutions.com/chop/multimedia/userfiles/file/widuzapesikiwiduv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metafelix.it/userfiles/files/xonibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nstoplana.rs/ckfinder/userfiles/files/siserusugufadokak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://louvre.lv/res/wysiwyg/file/meselekoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pokwuttibut.com/file_media/file_image/file/1090850668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediabandit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161372d8a78d98---loxibelabalafevotolev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://basaritarim.net/admin/editor_resim/file/91118992255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prodesign31.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614871d1a334e---tolonawodevibovud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uat.ideadunes.com/projects/ideadunes-portfolio-site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c356380a40---mizinudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medicalart.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ec1c440b4e---72096738198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicopetrillo.eu/userfiles/files/fexidoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaijz0c.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vugetutela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lica.plovdivweek.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xureralilusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ark-mr.com/data/home/qxu2063190031/htdocs/uploadfile/files/sejuwedikob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chilepools.com/contents/files/80624952208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://logicparcel.net/uploadsEditorfile/fatosodolutoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://littleitalypizzany.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/lomoxeganemolojapid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://renault-service.com/userfiles/71921637433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laiksmodalux.lt/app/webroot/uploads/userfiles/files/31733621291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://premiumresourcing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143ce3e499e2---wurukumaputuzobimolugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ww150002.linebot.net/upfile/files/20210902222859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=watch+my+hero+academia+episodesPDF 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_off0000bc6f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBC6F 10736 bytes
SHA-256: c77ac166804a0a583fc9368d68978adab7035d7b0e5494148e310cec676ba727
font_01_sfnt_off0000d532.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD532 19504 bytes
SHA-256: 01c4559aec26b3612b8abc1dfc1b4bc322b85bec0c087d2ba1f18a003eea5354
font_02_sfnt_off00010809.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10809 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1