Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c38fd56d6ca9d110…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.8 KB Created: 2021-09-05 02:10:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 70fcbfeaa2ff61c7a80e199b22ef77c1 SHA-1: 4724bdb101de6123a98a74f41c25e77a6b186710 SHA-256: c38fd56d6ca9d1102701b03583474a697474a2a280d26a64b9eb9f91c1f95fdb
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and by an ML classifier as malicious. Heuristics indicate the presence of a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9943

Heuristics 6

  • 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 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://deewo.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160822d3f4226a---55920008864.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://globalclassic.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g6qqnkubaoa15h3c6hfopn2dle/wovabipajilotibutufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cetinelektrik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076cf8f44119---63633428461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vetamblj.si/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wupog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094c6224a255---23828696754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://conexus-study-abroad-travel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/file/gojezoluburamabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://willtorock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d4f6c9a23c---waxeleden.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drivingschool-brno.eu/files/wetadasab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5af391877c91e2cfbc6e4167121a9fa3/24167557036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liccuza.ro/stiri_files/file/vuken.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dermo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160790e2b83285---xalujapobabot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amirep.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c1aa0ba86d5e71a7889cdde5588cfa22/joxaxekujasurekojurakak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkwestresidences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f636f8440de---8338331251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://melly-incendie.fr/img_db/56384682251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchirieriavioane.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb80b8a852b---gilijosifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.yoursurveysurveyors.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160998e10dfbbe---delulibodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ineke-ott.nl/keramiek-beelden-imagesfile/bebigumatapojubavibisej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvgrup.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c702d19474---bogabesuxuvavetas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dsagco.com/Upload/file/36190392465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.icslights.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/effebaf61afe69e1fe87e3532175ed0f/lajovomelekaborijew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://action-roofing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f4ff6c03ba846b21d656ff6c09243b7a/rijirikemawejosoru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archerelectricsupply.com/userfiles/file/32620787507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ytovietnam.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37600925432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://makemycake.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56m9k07utvc0paskhe9g1m7nk1/dodurivogawivowux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joefairless.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/71450f04abf17434420abbabf01ad7cc/77420002642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=laboratory+experiments+in+microbiology+11th+edition+pdf+downloadPDF 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_off0000c47a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC47A 17664 bytes
SHA-256: e52e44283066389ead5c9953626a70642df374dffd483113800701770e4b9eaa
font_01_sfnt_off0000f22a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF22A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010a41.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A41 11520 bytes
SHA-256: f101c70696ee6bb3ea48cf623d73035b1cf8cbef357e1f0fdbb6d7c2ade122dc