Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 38ebc7b44c2ba1c2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

102.9 KB Created: 2021-08-16 01:56:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: dae84d2f20f5cf94d4c853f1de5e4a31 SHA-1: 0bcb65415a5efc56bc332405e611e49670b8960c SHA-256: 38ebc7b44c2ba1c2cf7d6fe14706bb37f14cfc591ca9ca4a033ae3f4dc2ad7e2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and a machine learning classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm likely used for phishing or SEO abuse. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate redirection to these malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9868

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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 https://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=cuales+son+los+productos+notables+mas+importantes PDF link annotation
    • https://afd.me.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nsq2k5990325r22g38j1s8g4qi/76243497232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novafish.it/userfiles/files/sevefevoxuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dabaizhongxue.com/upload_fck/file/2021-7-3/20210703232952694153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://open-call.fr/uploaded/files/sukejozumozotaxowukaxumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://morgancountyoh.com/userimages/30154583916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limitlessillusion.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2cbd5d2f06e80d7eae3eb34f25f43a4e/79357122313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://burfel.ru/upfiles/files/53649807150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ehomerealestate.org/images/file/26602660252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gct02m3jii2dodh3ri4r8lpv0b/bazisozozenefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gppacdatabase.net/userfiles/file/legef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://globeksa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/10854703393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae5f9d1f32a---41760146635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc-020.com/userfiles/file/20210707042435_o9i69s.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanfrancescovet.com/userfiles/files/minowilulasawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.salac.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kefutorurewisitos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukharasuwanee.com/sites/default/files/file/48007841964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dianthusindustrial.com/resimler/files/navugoginefitiwavofoniko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dmkaudit.sk/101/upload/file/lajuwonepun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.xyoaa.org/sites/default/files/files/wenowaxabepawize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.segurosfacility.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab87e513c04---wuvij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinazzjx.com/d/files/66018426657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bettenbaehren.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098b1e78303b---fopigutaponab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-antwerp.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160742e1edbb91---84926686723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lentilles-progressives.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b691ca0b88d---dedupusom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://m-styleauto.com/js/upload/files/52920766107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miwon.com.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/wekarupoporotoxig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00011720.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11720 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00012f37.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F37 10948 bytes
SHA-256: 85122cbaff92b19d2ce0efdf38f36aa7bc035d3ba9b1e4717bbd9719e9defdb4
font_02_sfnt_off00014854.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14854 16084 bytes
SHA-256: 325c5f5cda05429ae92d15c23118ca1b8712e485108c584e1e30b0ff615913b7
font_03_sfnt_off00015d7c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15D7C 17976 bytes
SHA-256: 2a03354a742d5527ed884dfd846603289df8e673595864c2f27f54bd01374ae0