Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 538c3d74596a8e09…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.3 KB Created: 2021-09-06 18:07:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 5289464de0bcb3f9a5508459b819e027 SHA-1: bddfefd75aa73d22a877c4e5c27bd008e70d0512 SHA-256: 538c3d74596a8e09bd74ad8d848b2f09634cb5056bc1a0d9253b6071a433514d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also contains a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=sylvia+plath+the+colossus+and+other+poems+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://vestol.bg/files/file/wejaravax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://armanetti.com/images/zovibadimexanudututajilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cherishedmomentphotos.com/clients/8/84/84fe84b553acfcd191e166b7401b6f02/File/wivupudoxusema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pressvaluation.net/userfiles/file/juget.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zonweringnederland.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gegabuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.barankayalar.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa911d8f94c---nulapumixosovajikak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.trimbleexpress.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b86c85678ec---polafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cucthongke.vn/userfiles/file///vojigekikuvebupedaribad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbetelparaguay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b3e2467dfd743565f5173eb7b400ebeb/somufur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skyrunarser.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210608172043388765ijmr4o.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://voolabs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161238ed6d0876---46453375159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sakitonus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d3a5b4d2bad733da643e613795a15b3f/77651331091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clearlakesd.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091d2281f350---bipekowepinijimoravi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ruresept.ru/files/file/wapuvovodokalujitisufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://choiceenergynetwork.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9d8b2e3221ad13667f4213badb657303/28455310985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://langeline.com/ckeditor/upload/files/74624975391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dalilak1.com/userfiles/file/mugodemokesunux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benetworkingpro.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kalolidiwemutejiwodivuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxitelt.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d189b42da27---92307060027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.harasportcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t2mp03anf87vobg7jdhaka5o2o/wegaboxiledobujipiwajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realestateconnect.pro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/prcs25jdti2lnkvh07ksuaqle1/44367256978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.heainc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081103d18d57---92312396622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gzmzwl.com/Uploadfiles/files/84302911909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pharmawell.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xapiriwigevupatenuwige.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_off000100d8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100D8 18380 bytes
SHA-256: 799fea34d6e1d56768edee0c89d491f1a609ba89fb22693180830147b2eef7b5
font_01_sfnt_off00013104.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13104 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001491b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1491B 11240 bytes
SHA-256: 028d7b72334c24668bf8f4082deeddad67a0b781170430f545dbaa2cb2d55b50