Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 538da0bb4641fc60…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.2 KB Created: 2021-08-22 01:08:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 5a54bef04bad98a95437694dc5b1fa92 SHA-1: 427f9e3d1cc6b95609b2b9b2391cdc20bae4f872 SHA-256: 538da0bb4641fc60dc96452e5e331dbd1d94159b544f7125758175d9c557fb23
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and an ML classifier indicated a high probability of maliciousness. It contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, some of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites. These elements suggest the PDF is designed to redirect users to malicious or phishing content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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://www.frontiermyanmar.com/sites/all/libraries/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rajakevukesogumidebo.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://digicpictures.com/downloads/7613669412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ntiverification.com/userfiles/file/65070163347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sv-fin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fcc7f8c15d32dea114b895869cec6b66/jasovobume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gd-weimi.com/upfolder/e/files/20210805105924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nowbali.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b08e1aa78b7---21796234881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vaughanreunion.com/clients/7/7c/7cfe0b8ff6d5e3136a6575a9b258a09c/File/32337489783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noriupapildu.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6004283913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://celovechurch.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/15381fb528e4428e44c22688efe682a9/wimewobulemigutuxetozik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uclerbaklava.com/resources/file/mikazorutafewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yarsan.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f504e7fc1221eedf59635b3bd547b454/17669095239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jimenez-casquet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b62d5bdb2a6---30548293426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travolution.travel/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60cb76f408247d2c621ed899f0b4365e/lidixemarenilepebin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reifenscho.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e9293bcfa9---29722404630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://najlepsze-w-polsce.pl/uploads/8840694038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tingchucontrol.com/Uploadfiles/files/84508252669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zentrumok.com/userfile/files/78047372013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uchid.com/uploads/file/dekosizunedawapagidafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mijneigenlift.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16121787ff3ced---31441086144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mesterek.net/tmp/gotugoxelonipaxog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gilleyfamilyreunion.com/clients/6/6c/6ce887ac6ce8bbcacf46524318b1f362/File/kalemuwibipesilikepiniwet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uc-kushiro.net/images/library/File/99196285211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simplythebestevents.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2b34ec0b9d---naxoruzotufotowukipiwolut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hptindia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7999fecdcf---bujikabiwub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finalstage.biz/js/upload/files/makimowakijovon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rafaellucenaehijos.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27187557364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=basic+mathematics+for+competitive+exams+pdfPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000fa77.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA77 18776 bytes
SHA-256: 16cd4d4624e9964b1e3436d2055046dcfc7ad15afe6060dbb83e629ff64e366b
font_01_sfnt_off00012c1a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C1A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014431.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14431 10956 bytes
SHA-256: d4c9209b6971c18a271705893f6b5b4f7bd040fa7e1ed4564fa07ee4f7eb7fa8