Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 938f3e123324ff2b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.3 KB Created: 2021-09-04 09:05:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: a3c09ca2e0c85dae86d71fc02104ff5a SHA-1: 4c6beac12e25f01caddc6759aba401522a15c54c SHA-256: 938f3e123324ff2b1fb53fc52304dfd1e3710da5a883d80ba903b1983fb5920e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The sample is a malicious PDF detected by ClamAV and an ML classifier, containing numerous links to compromised websites. These links are likely used to host phishing content or further malware, indicating a spearphishing attachment attack vector. The PDF's structure and link farm suggest an attempt to exploit user trust by directing them to potentially malicious or deceptive content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9897

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://www.higher-energy-trampolineclub.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611b8cf68aafd---wenapuvuvemuw.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://wheelmartthailand.com/image/upload/File/89263524023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chocolatycakes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c53b0a6aba2---pobobawariwibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kursadowicz.pl/Upload/file/judodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deewo.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076d24b9f690---zisedonirareran.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inclinedigital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae09f922bdd---xodazizobagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adiwirawanbali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1b21a6c5a52848381d907e6790a9ff93/nasebut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mineraux-et-lithotherapie.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/7581822720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://espacioschillout.es/images/admin/file/25851373583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkortaxiservice.com/userfiles/file/97868407550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.charityweiss.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075d6d773556---88037605737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpfulhunks.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cf63d59eb9---36847327599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yogaschoolofkerala.com/photos/editor/files/fulefisuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2017.letnifestiwal.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gunejufagudotowoxoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sussexweddingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d1b13da0cc7---54748133729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3xlove.com/uploadfile/file/67008797205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://massagetheory.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1c94594e3f77e86f64b010c072ae9837/najajewemenazotus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://khachsan295doson.vn/namthuan/images/news/files/sumilexan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3qlohas.com/CKEdit/upload/files/2202794054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvsystexperts.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ifejmtjm557v39d9j6p48rfbq2/dokevibifalarisaneti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aczelzalog.hu/tmp/vipeluzolexinikexetoginex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cngwalk.com/fckeditor/userfiles/image/65697367041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.energetisch-therapeut-estie.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2f67971299---woxurevuzojipigajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4276591306---747668197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brothersaluminium.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f57d2db592f---nesugitonuforavitodifid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwmarlboropike.com/uploads/files/5323782479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=habakkuk+bible+study+pdfPDF 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_off00010bf4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BF4 18188 bytes
SHA-256: d9adcc8bea82769f3ca78d053ecedd8ad02364f2c048c8e9b2c36b3a637e4a66
font_01_sfnt_off00013af9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13AF9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00015310.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15310 10604 bytes
SHA-256: fcb27f3c731335803144c84fa67aa6b8963fe49ca2b032af34d1ed31db6d0988