Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 38f05b1f871351fb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.4 KB Created: 2021-08-23 15:34:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 26758394edc6bc635a84d63f0fd7c97d SHA-1: fac406dc313f5321335b29cf329572929bfbac1f SHA-256: 38f05b1f871351fb098f2124e42e02f063bc8adc077336b348a7bb1c225d7cfe
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites utilizing form builder plugins for file uploads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution via these links. The document body is heavily obfuscated and unreadable, providing no direct content clues.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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 https://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=goat+meaning+in+spanish PDF link annotation
    • https://tramtron.vn/uploads/files/files/lokujewezowemal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bascobrunswick.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc98e7e0477---sixazavimidalijesimat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.linkkorea.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d2f90451da---84729482486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thriveelearning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f7a11988171fa03a06c6690c5a784ef/jorunewavisuzigapeto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://udemadriatic.com/userfiles/files/69440560345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.eziblank.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/atcvrk20ei6gfilr67g97ifln2/14380887574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://axiomestates.com/userfiles/file/38218003354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirks-pool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c940d3e1dcb---pafekevafikipilipobosif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhythmcprandfirstaid.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f0e00921d3d02b0111d8cc6add1fb18e/suzinaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bechtoldpaving.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e1be0aa8d7a11b623e89baaef597e1d0/gobalisudokadelajarujoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accronline.com/userfiles/file/3018886175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://in-dapt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dccac524fc---pigozovudapufujomavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cleannshieldflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e922cec04f7f410f3e2e14b7efd88e98/9566761908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukharaatlanta.com/sites/default/files/file/46119849056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spencershaulageltd.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/91eb1c62f48f4404a6042c3590b7578c/taxalifigijibutawesuxape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laxmigrouppune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c1709ec4054d7ad756153c3b6786baa9/fozesoruzololiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hiddenroots.org/clients/19739/File/41283213824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dichocungtoi.com/userfiles/file/vupogezutexaxaxabevepus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuanhuaabshanquoc.vn/files/12069277073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://htbestcomputer.com/media/ftp/file/vogupalugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kunjipsc.com/uploads/files/27025063994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tdfstore.it/file/60753231773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nomaquito-travel.com/editor-images/ralufiwumipasiketedudaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rts-wm.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31005652211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parisautotravel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/idtj7la9bcekt1b78ephp3iur0/kasujukunajiwo.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_off0000e15e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE15E 10592 bytes
SHA-256: f7e743028d985faa68a80d0aec5d8873be7f8c7de8d64ee62a9dc8abc10efac7
font_01_sfnt_off0000f967.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF967 16140 bytes
SHA-256: 00b1f632e8afe72716c8bcdb76b7901b56c060d1dc0f96f3f5c1b8373b85735b
font_02_sfnt_off00010edf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EDF 18624 bytes
SHA-256: 0b0476d74e0401ab4dcd0680336e72b1ffb3be5ffe53a83fbd9550c8549b7deb
font_03_sfnt_off00013f09.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13F09 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1