Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 38eacc2d1e73e768…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.0 KB Created: 2021-09-07 10:45:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: b28947b5c894863bcfcca3678c327383 SHA-1: ad16866a3327e673c689e5fbc114d11c6ef15a66 SHA-256: 38eacc2d1e73e768a7722750c4fe4ae77fd94e32202da5cce93242fb68fbe6d0
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of these links and the overall structure strongly suggest an attempt to lure victims to malicious sites, likely for further exploitation or credential harvesting.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.6358

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
  • PDF differential parser failed info PDF_DIFFERENTIAL_PARSE_FAILED
    The cross-check parser (pdfminer.six) failed on this file: PDF differential parser failed: PDFSyntaxError. Static heuristics still ran and any of their findings above are valid; only the differential cross-check signal is missing.
  • 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://ecohort.com/userfiles/files/28938666984.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://mszukam.pl/dat//file/64104941286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nbc.com.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83521945365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pankajplast.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sifemabora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nc2e.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf113ab7e6b---8536509104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digitaldaya.com/imagenes/file/43684523524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aivieksteslaivas.lv/userfiles/file/61617807909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/83821134361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stowarzyszeniemalyksiaze.eu/img/upload/files/27033956863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elsecretodelolivo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fe7da601ae---21891498565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gennarimaq.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16126499f4b3b5---menomikalesedovabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahcxdq.com/uploads/file/062219337785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gryf-wet.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97389060827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://actionelectric.pt/www/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb63b455e87---73358213273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trhs64.com/clients/c/cf/cfad56e582d93fa9eda51f2516e23bdb/File/6782679624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/scaqsfa6rvc1pq9cstaamdr9s3/jukezudeluliguraviju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bandungmesin.com/file/rexexasuwibexalepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hopkinshigh1966.com/clients/1/10/1054c114374c88b4a165e91103565d41/File/89978614348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.totspotdaynursery.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29720320943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://petra-dario.info/upload/datoteke/nimexumumopidopuraw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tort-art.ru/userfiles/file/88818162848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osmed.cz/app/webroot/files/files/xurafufenapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://logiccpacma.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gaxifugoragiber.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=manualidades+sencillas+de+navidad+en+fieltroPDF link annotation
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_004_off0000f34b.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0xF34B 17872 bytes
SHA-256: 316af156dd117b4b8c43273e6ae2487b82782a7fa4394e38cf875d83c2ea32ad
font_00_sfnt_off0000db3a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB3A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010ecb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10ECB 10628 bytes
SHA-256: 96268dac00a69efa7527157a78521e1a9bb0613ebd5267f5096f4887dde54757
font_03_sfnt_off00012738.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12738 18304 bytes
SHA-256: 075465a2a8d898982cfc914578d5fd10e7dbc40da4c5543adf384f49304758f4