Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d38f1b8460b60f51…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.0 KB Created: 2021-07-14 10:02:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: a4cc69e51bcf5a7330ae85a4956b54e9 SHA-1: 628b37ccfb5f604829ab76b5d3d162257e6c30ee SHA-256: d38f1b8460b60f51a439e99388a0f4b4dc43aceac1c4775f25386876d5f7632c
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The file also features a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://rlvanstory.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/763623b8fd11933bf6e62c36a63aac11/tiwuki.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://boathousebrokerage.com/userfiles/file/87088158562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://funkydrop.shop/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f8e5b22eb1fbcfa3fec597879f72e81e/82356571530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://triumphtoday.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608defe944c4a---wodomoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wjcopy.com/upload/files/zisavesejigukilitanex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.carolglassman.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160844927d85de---55390834080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://promise-land.com/upload/file/nibimilinolotekojusarefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://premium-house.uz/images/file/52441169370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hgbehringer.de/img/files/files/javinoxixozofewul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gingerbreadvillage.org/clients/e/e3/e396b250b60561adcb946853f9f62e29/File/93390115700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://messianic.live/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fbfa15e225b8cbe68fef7f1da46d6558/pelogewiletewudakurugori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dsm-trhs68.com/clients/8/81/818e764d3414495a915a5f66638dc9bf/File/vonexizipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vallejardin.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/89606f80bc77940224318e3ec347b238/55769466621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aybar-gallery.com/userfiles/files/32673063604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weblative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ip3rr31j3nahucavbnmk3dldpr/43061123486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bank-kredit.at/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3192690885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shamshabaddiocese.org/files/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vomosuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grandhotelbulgaria.com/userfiles/file/xevakefidamuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://him-home.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c793811cf38a9038dcf9cfd6705c43ce/xepugiredoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maderas-navarro.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81963021729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vudafrique.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fe9e1b5b5894f36710e83d04dd0d320e/95785802612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://springswellness.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607073ba42e51---87867585931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=febrile+seizures+are+most+common+inPDF 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_off0000e3ae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3AE 10668 bytes
SHA-256: b5050ea644ecd8b0b2f5305a5bf42f01da5c82cca7a5c87579203d8e118832d0
font_01_sfnt_off0000fc25.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC25 16500 bytes
SHA-256: 58c3ea8c5efe186f3074fcd10cd2ccbfe0a5c01517f27eda1d0cc7cfe322a819
font_02_sfnt_off000126d2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126D2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1