Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b38b425be2f477c0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

103.2 KB Created: 2021-08-15 05:47:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 2096a4cce986ce3fa32fe7fe7f306cef SHA-1: 0a7069728d183716fbd8eef4879055a002968851 SHA-256: b38b425be2f477c0ed74e6f570f829a7024102455742cb79f3cbee0b428bfc7d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure and heuristic firings indicate a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9979

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://lensprovn.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/texutedagobiwol.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fca1e74323339dec613c34cf63867792/lonibirubixesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cherryontop.pl/upload/fotki/file/wibulurowimegifudokak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ayersworthglen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610e30cab1e3e---57704733474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jiptv.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n38cscoue6ak0dur3qhcpi9560/59950644165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agribusiness.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160737c389b46a---30956724517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afmiletisim.com/resimler/files/bilipiriveragiwonagov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alternativecarrepair.nl/userfiles/file/bawirizokodeguwodaged.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d2vgkavcgo58fg80bf5151a6co/11625306361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tksvolga.ru/userfiles/file/99719756358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bascobrunswick.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3e490cb67c---69943945924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bangtaisay.com/uploads/userfiles/file/lijororoguxagajozet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oiseaubleu-promo.fr/userfiles/file/xasenotexabamawekamokajax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sensesgrouphk.com/louis/STARKGROUP/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46916158210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.scanworld.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072e2db6679f---66747648849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://designbeginnings.com/upload/file/wumewazewonuvejupimuxut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salondebellezaanamariaromero.es//ckfinder/userfiles/files/3683060930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1agjlwjc3g.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fevaxamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.insurancedirectcanada.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ccb7cc5c4d9---funozowawuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bean2beenefamilytree.com/clients/60578/File/8144749754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettotamborra.eu/userfiles/files/remifabudanutibisegokigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gogreenonline.net/userfiles/image/fckeditor/file/bosetubidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bruceleevideos.org/images/file/74772349280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpfulhunks.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609037f57635c---40971954719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feldbach-tourismus.at/files/femodefozonelotosam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=android+dark+theme+examplePDF 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_off00012068.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12068 23788 bytes
SHA-256: 2e27c8573639f1da1231f9b4d6033f140d8add1440827c44e677511777c36536
font_01_sfnt_off00015bdc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15BDC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000173f3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x173F3 10664 bytes
SHA-256: 29eaf2364804da431843be5a2a5cd93cb59e1b04fc623235c967fbd00b5111d9