Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 638ab8a0084253a3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.3 KB Created: 2021-06-29 12:37:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 4a5c7af6817e370e774e226b910f5c45 SHA-1: 59bfb6970c34157ad47ae26c1214956107cae9b2 SHA-256: 638ab8a0084253a32a3b0594a39221460f8d45b5d3fb570d845e29cec7697c37
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF file contains numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed for malicious purposes. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and numerous URLs suggest it's designed to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=bike+all+spare+parts+name+list+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://brodart01.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ct25pjddmroc00314qhqbr7tfu/54537170657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kojeneckezbozi.eu/userfiles/file/10702790498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://interesttour.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c7a5e9f73d66b59af30037d7b5d43d6/26461692357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://udemadriatic.com/userfiles/files/bixaxajopamixajujomilon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuha.be/_files/file/59322694524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baliretreatcenter.com/olabali_ci/media/images/newsfiles/47405844829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alamansyria.com/userfiles/file/bewapibukuvad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alakharia.com/public_html/userfiles/file/12126883518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiovalentini.eu/userfiles/files/27288676780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://equator-maritime.com/userfiles/file/dibanapewokonobol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pensjonatagat.pl/userfiles/file/783655201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cageart.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160733f3c3ae55---6776824897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.opencalgary.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087d5e58c5a7---busafukumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://absigorta.come/file/moliribufik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lg-palette.com/upload/files/kiladodikotifon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ateneoarbonaida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dd298014ef---wukumukaxovowemag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fortlauderdale-carservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd8bc0a2a70---78807579888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aiswaryamatrimonials.com/fck_uploads/file/46962216936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autotrilogy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/04d87eb5697788fb28a93d6428f45ece/dolabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mearesandassociatesllc.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/tapusovaxato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prana.video/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v2ghn56g48opdr9lepuhdls0bc/62377788020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nbrownies.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac31f4971b7---denokogememepavimowowopur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://action-roofing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ed50a0c31856a02112cd41b0de7fd51d/28064565387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taborcapitalpayment.com/clients/d/d0/d0a3925ee25d0adc8806453b18bccccc/File/gudurudadalasob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edoxmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6puf4icntvo592r5gt99gffmic/jegatupulelimagowejuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tkpmission.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a123236d3e---sowajemepotuwel.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_off0000f41d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF41D 10684 bytes
SHA-256: 812f6ac01fb021c1965962d728f67b969f09b1645ff8d830ef68091b2d12537a
font_01_sfnt_off00010c9a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C9A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000124ac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124AC 16548 bytes
SHA-256: 5a983dab9b26bf94dcad1d2995bf8b8a1d5536102d848ecef0d031708b3a6437