Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 838684f3adf45a65…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.7 KB Created: 2021-07-21 03:19:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: baf55ae032ab059cc5e2ed2506ed59b1 SHA-1: a4dd79d9b722d1d3dbcb11161aacb44d2eba2e65 SHA-256: 838684f3adf45a650ee44689664ec6d8389da37906ffa07041a5d042e92e190c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious. It contains a link farm pointing to multiple PDF files hosted on compromised WordPress sites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The presence of numerous distinct hosts and links suggests a broad campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9937

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 http://www.benvenutialmare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae687eba8ca---xujevejimusapepisak.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cyklo-sport-servis.cz/UserFiles/File/83312829491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noddy.nu/images/file/49443426490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arenda1s.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c170f9688b18d41d0fe699dc42ad2156/79509444010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medicalalliedtraining.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086db564a4be---domobokobujuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indiebookoftheday.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160819fd4af6b4---bolodagusumaloke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://girc.ncue.edu.tw/ckfinder/ckfiles/files/rasazitufibatuvenaludifav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.arphplumbing.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56uu2lc3250of55qrpvghuq5rb/limokakuzom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gernano.eu/gfx/userfiles/files/talutiwekafezubeto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afd.me.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1fgb952ieqafhptv694e16f30m/60238381707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagpack.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8b6b69e217---94236534586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wita.lt/images/files/83191471130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ca049b4a85cb6e1a183d6ef16565f7e/vobuxofigomubitevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deadclan.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b74fa0b2406---95511113681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://boldvision.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094a71dbaaea---xofokimotogunuferaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cosmik-kino.ru/sadm_files/93530260741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atek-ent.com/upload/file/5130914579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiovalentini.eu/userfiles/files/gamuxupuzowazutimuxodesox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--82cac8d3ajrc0gd0bo4a7nf3qg.com/userfiles/files/19527430504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniondeautoescuelas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa68d6d045f---74037898460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lindopoint.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4c32ab6095be7c0f8b6edb8faf139c26/95374950052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exito-opakowania.pl/userfiles/file/94340736825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fallsplat.se/file/272356462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.scmphotography.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e02360ad91f---fosezitekelabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniquecharacters.com/upload/files/lasewigadobipabokumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=stress+and+echo+testPDF link annotation
    • 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_off00010134.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10134 17340 bytes
SHA-256: fe63efcfff3cfe790773d0685ec3669d2c34992c8d6ca87109f764195d73f905
font_01_sfnt_off00012e35.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E35 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001464c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1464C 10404 bytes
SHA-256: 42413cd3444784b9a111f12e12d890fc1da772645f368055b844d7d67f372b01