Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c38ac9c548705167…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.6 KB Created: 2021-08-25 11:00:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: f3eac6cbb8c2264c4369043c63f9cbef SHA-1: 22d2c1360991d09b3cfa6f0660b5fe8d72be1c6e SHA-256: c38ac9c5487051676b10c7e800659532938f3c4ebbb43b2b6cddd73997fe21c6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit vulnerabilities or redirect users to malicious sites. Several heuristics indicate the PDF is part of a link farm hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute malware or conduct phishing. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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 http://adhdadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160711a1c058a8---ruxinolivojasoluxumeme.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://chinajnbt.com/images/upload/File/38039549133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goteneplast.se/files/images/file/bajuratavorikig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abofahed.com/userfiles/file/82642228196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mrdak.cc/uploadfile/files/zavetubexokuwakategino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.liftechforklifts.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zolekivamijixolujixewen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7fbc6cd09e0ec5e2a8c33aba1eb0703b/7190227447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://watthaistuttgart.de/userfiles/file/dezuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laboratoriologos.it/userfiles/files/79147216632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ventilyatsia-v-sochi.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nukejagazajunegotewuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nomorcantikjoss.com/file/46613230349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ya-ke.cn/admin/upload/zimewefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://provisionsinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160777466da38c---jozizevanoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canyonoaksmtg.com/~duckdi5/canyonoaksmtg.com/content/file/rameba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agribusiness.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a19cdb7cec0---49196989825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://engravestone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160810d6b00fd3---16680805747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://n-zvuk.ru/upload/file/bozedezizime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glasschneider.koeln/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bva2fiutvrljjmko7a9bmfegoa/luratuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fattyweng.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b487d33684e---63285085148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kappp.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36627586096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kargo-box.com/uploads/files/64161132926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kolodezrus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/abfabb86598da642706ce1e46042a3ee/78527238141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://comicpapyrus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dbf33bff5f128280df14f67dcf943ebe/fegoteborenonot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=time+cat+study+material+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_off0000f042.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF042 16764 bytes
SHA-256: 589336f6b878c283458902f9a59a4b9e4ad6f6b9fb86f4dc2aaa90f0cb937564
font_01_sfnt_off00011b9e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B9E 10732 bytes
SHA-256: 619cbbcad45390217be5f1d201e0219a21aed111ae835163ec859ade1169be21
font_02_sfnt_off00013454.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13454 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1