Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 438e11b68b68c59d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.7 KB Created: 2021-09-05 18:44:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 6d6d232ba014096d286fd52db03430fd SHA-1: 1496cbac5f8a81852df121ea01805302fe47b5cc SHA-256: 438e11b68b68c59d53403639f447f2f970f4be2898bf9ac9539d97fdc7abfae0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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 https://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=gastritis+aguda+y+cronica+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://oumkua.com/userfiles/file/21942237665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chinatupai.com/web/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kokurasofasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.circoloaletrium.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ed6c7a24546---10111647717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ff1ac7a406---6868415640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuacongtudongbinhduong.com/upload/files/semilifubanuripupepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingspec.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nudqku2qmh0i4kdoi9k8lfbcqg/23670052738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gld-lining.com/user_img/files/55250353168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kamber.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b1e34fc31ccc05867cf8e8579934a6f2/midumov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608447054d3dd---43533505785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hkt-optics.com/hkt/images/userfiles/file/zajavexenivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chinahkcarplate.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161030b1388512---wuxixewugexibek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://intersensor.ro/v2011/Files/fck_upload/file/wijonozomen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://icloudcleaners.com/uploads/account/autoresponderfiles/77096664449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.darrellstuckey.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608386d39853f---57096424273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nek.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086e081a2000---80976837610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahi.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7aad95e19a9f37970462cc89849765d4/22621511774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namastehealth.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1copn138vjugbkf570r5dhhv1d/84559358481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.telsercom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609747869d01b---vixuwob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emmaushuis.org/pages/58632323265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dobraukraina.org/sites/all/sites/dobraukraina.org/files/rigizebunonaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modnyi-buket.ru/uploads/files/kepizovowafoxodomosad.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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d256.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD256 18264 bytes
SHA-256: 9376088ba729cbe67897cf2ac57a985c819a738fb615a384e900d277b01bfbc1
font_01_sfnt_off0001008d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1008D 10868 bytes
SHA-256: 868d717d12556f1b23c9bb5dc78577a0f766c8d1e168e18fa44bfe799facc0b8
font_02_sfnt_off000119a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119A6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1