Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c38810fd4cd7d3cb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.0 KB Created: 2021-08-31 22:56:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-01
MD5: 348a6e19381e152d138d5db78f1c8598 SHA-1: 7dfad5c401153cb6e67c5c0ac1e2fb9f7c456387 SHA-256: c38810fd4cd7d3cbf0db8ab7ffd9a91f4513b1c584d3eb6da3e42bf51db17762
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=horse+breaking+and+training PDF link annotation
    • https://arenda1s.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/404ecfc5656bddab43e47241cff78979/tadimokozevuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stepasidemedical.com/images/uploads/file/kuvajuluveb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anapro.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tonerorowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holzhaus-suedtirol.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf7f991db29---jimitimofebimisodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://costanzolegal.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/3031954943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://likuidart.com/files/ckeditor/files/nurubegoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pfgmm.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070349560edf---sekakugubotiwujutisopofez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greece-ex.com/images/blog//file/89102533616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreagarciam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607492677f99b---17640771833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angelojrobles.com/admin_initial_test/userfiles/file/zopotakubino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fortlauderdale-carservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad6217aad9c---velatanodomodiliju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theagentpipeline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608dcd83b70e7---mobakotok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crystal-lamp.ru/uploads/files/terusawedezubusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariacittadivignola.com/userfiles/files/85843572183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--xhq021fvrwdth.com/d/files/zesekemorovakeperuligik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-kiel.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cce60003a3c---mupina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proff-doors.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ea9775785fe4528b2bfd93fb5b5b8013/64547390257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apexibd.com/uploads/fck_uploads/file/63162445211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alex-vasilkov.ru/images/wisdom/file/balerakijavafevikexajil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saamfactory.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e1e2aaf1e2abdd7dc0ddbefb457f1248/gipolunobirevexar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alwaysshine.com/fileimage/file/vamelubivirawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://badanie-wody.pl/galeria/file/13670433917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hantverksakuten.se/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27343614492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dancingstarsgreenwich.net/clients/1/10/10f73e4104fe6082999c9b722aa65ba2/File/8474947194.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_off0000cedb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCEDB 10600 bytes
SHA-256: f48f0e6a7a295c18799f70abf68544d43bebf51801742e680233438d9a5b9b9b
font_01_sfnt_off0000e6fa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6FA 17872 bytes
SHA-256: c0de313cf59260551ddd865a0492fab1bca17a4131e5df33ac85d1a22b14ab3d
font_02_sfnt_off000115b0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x115B0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1