Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8b38063c0405243b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.2 KB Created: 2021-06-28 17:59:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 39c393436fcc69fce87db972581acc7f SHA-1: 537c334980b472c8171c68c89ce7a9a15a584c3b SHA-256: 8b38063c0405243bdb38580a4bcddfa53c81a406687a3e8b12ba167ed066bac1
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The document contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, likely serving as a distribution point for further malicious content. The presence of embedded URLs and the overall structure suggest an attempt to trick users into downloading additional malicious files, possibly for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9958

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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) or Microsoft license-boilerplate documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=csir+net+physics+previous+year+question+papers PDF link annotation
    • http://plenar.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d7e4fdefc6---80308358352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jjmcp.jp/userfiles/Image/file/67450221962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imagespa.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096133b6e670---mitat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realimpacto.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072136d1775a---lafupexuzijenozotaseda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eyestech.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tptr3pk9s94ajt2euhii16vvah/todizukanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahkjt.com/upfile/file/56008756615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chanakyaaerospacedefence.com/userfiles/file/xefitewise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaplanpm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609381f0b47d5---41953483971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cottonweb.net/userfiles/file/jesudivefafaxekosolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://101-games.ru/images/uploads/files/razuzosobasuwegofivafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myhomeinparis.com/userfiles/files/moguja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.investing-in-women.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160940a61543b9---66150295688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.avenueroadadvertising.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3d91c69416---77281934412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://berbun.com/user_img/file/bigapunekopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wikiwebagency.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/87844ef40d333c910523f1580e206e88/timesiwisojixip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullmooneye.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c687d68655f---9467155478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bvmnotarissen.nl/app/webroot/files/ckeditor_files/files/78231830179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://borderpak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dbd36d4b9240d6f395d6cb6f6ba6a7a7/tidexanejifavugifim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://falconartistmanagement.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1143231190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ekotronic.eu/files/file/65618273439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esenkardeslerinsaat.com/resimlerfiles/lipekogotokarunun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2greenchicks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/64e55405f44c1790ad9f107655724e0e/ruwasajewenodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--2vxr09c6mc.tw/CKEdit/upload/files/lajetekukizukotogegabat.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_off0000cde7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCDE7 10884 bytes
SHA-256: c390717b4636ad464165dd3ac24abda48935ece4a2ece1359e2b01cc88b76c1d
font_01_sfnt_off0000e712.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE712 16896 bytes
SHA-256: 0cf4932fc4f1096f331971537cf6c545f038303dccd147477a6496fbd7ce5b72
font_02_sfnt_off0001132b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1132B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1