Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cd38ba6cad2ce1ed…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.5 KB Created: 2021-07-31 05:30:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: ec2cc497172f305c43e72e32caedb80f SHA-1: b18b38b11c9815afd4b5b607ce2e3bf4e18082aa SHA-256: cd38ba6cad2ce1ed744cc67939a6a55ac6053be547b2fa28a986c503d0ce3cac
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, many of which point to compromised websites or link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing sites or download further malware. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to exploit vulnerabilities or execute malicious code directly from the PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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 https://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+download+the+latest+version+of+messenger PDF link annotation
    • http://richmore.kr/uploadfile/fckeditor/file/silunuxijefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiosimonepantaleo.it/userfiles/files/92877874416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjzjygj.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/wiminekozofon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agarimo.com/archivos/archivos/kapek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvgrup.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a78a11262f---6212025855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.trimbleexpress.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608187524a25a---26199656750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fecoil.com/userfiles/file/tezodug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://babamoleskine.com/files/file/59148110657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://briljant-maleri.se/UserFiles/files/78153923260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://full-flavors.com/img/Data/file/tikibigug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ambredore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609474506c856---67955453116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.parkgest.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a57ff50e200---29473799575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garageanything.com/js/upload/files/88484507451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://petroblend.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160722186656c7---90747575698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abril.pe/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e5p301se7o5mla6okmkcj8l1eq/97470379792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uvhk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4b733ae162---99468667227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opusincertum.it/userfiles/files/22825689711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.energetisch-therapeut-estie.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0be9e20799---xozujexokufofifanaruzal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tif.cn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kjhs6topincqbmb012l2rei789/wiridapagawupobugizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://picassogift.com/Uploadfiles/files/82518474062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elicopter-de-inchiriat.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc6d81981d---bexituteb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://krimgranit.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fa13114370618d8a84489628df787065/72126946568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teaandtiarasottawa.com/clients/e/e8/e8f54e69a7463df9fd0adff13cd8e90f/File/29666545903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alllegaltask.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5nr57joptev4nsg0mklu921iv8/vatibuju.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_off0000fd60.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD60 10944 bytes
SHA-256: a9bdb3a8304fa605b41396634c1f2be056997c1b539cf792b3eac422a2d022f8
font_01_sfnt_off00011656.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11656 17248 bytes
SHA-256: f66af446144217eb528ab1e7c3820b3417393752468a89fdffcacd0be69add8d
font_02_sfnt_off00014236.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14236 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1