Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b38ef6d3231a6a5d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.1 KB Created: 2021-09-05 03:38:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 9e44a11f55e11f49d6a6552b20d0068c SHA-1: f14cdc01a78082bc837983f105d5f2612b377c83 SHA-256: b38ef6d3231a6a5d0957ecf89856677c38a2c9684e06aeafa6ac7f1f0b3d3f39
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as a phishing trojan. The document contains numerous embedded URLs that point to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of these URLs and the overall structure indicate an attempt to distribute malware or conduct phishing operations.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=define+case+study+research+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://100gastro.cz/soubory/files/86274993088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toptoptraining.ru/img/upload/file/70316581346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hyosungulf.com/uploads/file/92625470580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lagostena.it/userfiles/files/givuwevasexukaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--9d0b102a6wc3y4a.com/sa_upload/userfiles/file/20210726070951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--i1aam8cb.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bf0f30ab1462803c9181027cf6c55116/70329788756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://toskov-yordanov.com/userfiles/file/sejivavevuzavakezurutix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mostex.sk/files/articles/file/zakebusalewigovijejaxota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bowenworktimmins.com/clients/e/ed/ed750a77e36579213b976c45729ba45c/File/3941685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sardavetri.it/userfiles/file/kinevakuwitusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bamt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160800e3aee40d---82663877017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adm.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5736ec27449b9cc623975ce277913da3/seloxomakepufovitoxej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://infiniteprospects.com/FCKeditor/file/3428008288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://legacydockandmarine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/47947db1ba7673d5a6773da6a0d47720/31684047801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tsssport.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a66771ae57a---66402510099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.appsolutely.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160703f2526921---93425645371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avtokit116.ru/!upload/files/30780826942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lightingandhvacexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c216c126f1afc1ee3017e09d9d4e96b3/desuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mvpartners.be/images/uploadedimages/file/46334161802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://journeypeople.cc/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aee69b6efe122cf25f1763acd009952d/kizobosivapofopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aotwresort.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xubibujomojutosuvijoxezef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.airportlimofortlauderdale.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bd6450adc9---kolinesurukaweredul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nepalipublisher.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24744264512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bilagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610ac8479023a---58643956081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dab0d498587---pudev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611f21057c70f---37259618489.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_off0000d7bc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD7BC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000efd3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFD3 10764 bytes
SHA-256: 7f16982d47ae306b6d0bca8d62334621bb5b58f3c52153fd8210670edf43f5dc
font_02_sfnt_off00010898.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10898 17684 bytes
SHA-256: 41a2993aaf63794bbf6e5c5106a965a06f03dd82686a14e02300255c9297f93b