Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 38ec9daea11842af…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.8 KB Created: 2021-09-01 04:54:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: fdfe382c8a3e3b8ad4a0b594602759cd SHA-1: f0829843cff579851d71f5b116a6e6602d84ec8c SHA-256: 38ec9daea11842af6c919fa8cfc36b34e7147858e31d4f639c9088c58fd97be0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. It also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, pointing to numerous external URLs, some of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://zabulgaria.org/userfiles/file/49429575125.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://choiceenergynetwork.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dacf4bf3915d1d0ae8c79dbd02f002ea/16295614566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhengfutz.com/v15/Upload/file/202188124146198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://russkiivopros.com/images/FCKeditor/file/18941741049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daiichigroup.net/uploads/news_file/8502695610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipmarketing.net/userfiles/file/xamuwaloboranave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vilaportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16110e2557ec35---gidotesipawolop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maxim-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4q5unntun3q60aoci8lsiot8p2/90016536961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vegan-eshop.cz/data/file/lewibotiterolufijuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musclecar-taps.com/js/upload/files/zesalusekira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vf7h6qf6upc7542cmmtq6abgt3/41224631184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://korealabels.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bubinaduz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gruppopolidori.com/upload/image/file/17326030902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d509a3a82e444a51b43eac9d20f6f37b/30760423050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://massagetheory.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/06e681fa1285494d79d0ad68109bda47/52852227859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agribusiness.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad82a60a424---81511984588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://objetivovender.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ff35abace27---48365895984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mofrantech.com/userfiles/file/58035305245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ongnuocdenhat.com/upload/files/larikakabevogarofinar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bindazzled.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/afeb3bd041939c1f912bd65ffe6f5416/pijakuraxepufolitanotigiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestmiamiturf.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/73640fad2a181f8aa48361dd488f359d/rejuvewewizudev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://braintradingbcn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b80151cacd41d767110aea0bec181319/dixusomiwabogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/79202687479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mansiya.com/uploadfile/files/zedobajega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jaqalsports.com/files/file/49522746029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=how+long+can+a+box+turtle+hold+its+breathPDF 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_off0000d611.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD611 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ee28.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE28 11068 bytes
SHA-256: 08f30b2720d6f828b6eac2b8f05ec4e84d38e6f774826c3b46298535ca6c8ef1
font_02_sfnt_off000107be.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107BE 16252 bytes
SHA-256: 27b14346fc60673a1f7849be4fc20eb758cea844a52a6ca76b230888a51f7f1b