Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a398d0af2e2cfdd9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.8 KB Created: 2021-09-02 06:01:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 365335987bf90351637d24267c9a31e7 SHA-1: 9ac9e0eb76a959edf4ae59bc90c986ccfaad4e78 SHA-256: a398d0af2e2cfdd9036c67b673609519e0738998af1eb11dc248765e9d53889e
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, which in turn host other PDF files. This suggests a link farm designed to distribute malicious content, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, and the structure points towards a spearphishing attachment as the likely initial access vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=the+open+intervals+on+which+f+is+concave+upward PDF link annotation
    • http://www.justgiveahand.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089a7dc10a8e---pimipoxajivetakizovufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gpagroup.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610cc32b9df4e---52928896992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e321b120ddc---96657634772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rjiminfra.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a59d2649489db5e6f045b1d25190dfc/sopejajasemavuru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bowenpainter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071260b7d3e7---petiwijujikemame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoanghaie.com/Images_upload/files/23962473880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kuepancong.com/contents//files/soraxozusidudolom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://findusafranchise.com/files/files/rubav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariovianello.eu/userfiles/files/12207924186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pferdefreunde-brueckenhof.de/sites/default/files/userfiles/file/pizimubodomeruronuraxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gasserbush.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd20fd9a1deabfb109585bc6e0e46abd/44459001141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ngoctraithaibinhduong.com/uploads/news_file/59567783147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bluiettgriffinwilliams.org/clients/2/2a/2accc941c041fffeac9751862bb8fe41/File/tegasesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relleno-acidohialuronico.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ffadae1523e22133a376863b89b0e54c/50906378651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phaptangpgvn.net/app/webroot/upload/files/48159105910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oaqtnnv4lkpviucfkt4hba8r96/57014900912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chiesamadremarsala.eu/userfiles/files/79722579378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yaeram.com/userData/board/file/903040902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.segurosfacility.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160983f82a4ec9---bajizavubamomukefudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://motolargo.pl/userfiles/file/mumababafubajutiwate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gasserbush.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/843cd963c5211ebfeca87538eef1dc30/53941311387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wolfpackbasketballacademy.com/content_docs/9247259139.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_off0000c22c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC22C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000da3e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA3E 16204 bytes
SHA-256: fe34e2fbc8664bfeae8cece9814b9e102c8e4740f44317a827db40459cc6696e
font_02_sfnt_off000103c1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103C1 10932 bytes
SHA-256: 8317487ba5da38a664e93ea576c0c7b3b5083bce628686486c017348bf0e6020