Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e38872270d1e8f3d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

110.3 KB Created: 2021-06-28 01:20:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 2ac6cf22e6ef5effe52c024d90a20f90 SHA-1: fe36534314ff1f69e5568495cadbf961501297c8 SHA-256: e38872270d1e8f3d96fcc97b50af083c1d74a21cc653c01e09d47b7e2504603e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The presence of a 'download' button lure and ClamAV's detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and linked content are indicative of a malicious workflow.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=download+spiderman+2+ppsspp PDF link annotation
    • https://www.traveltimevipp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/510d817f5ec45ba8446b8ae586a62f6a/mowofadesatuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mithermomix.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f359e5b4f27e3c19745e2a53587a8291/pupewevosirupuxodefiruna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ovartec.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160714b9d8374e---rolowojifoboximoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ukicda.com/admin/fckeditor_upfiles/file/2021061904593080554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://efnnma.org/files/file/80161616332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vincityhomes.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/41t673a0jb8j5nbh5h0frtsaos/47185289935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.inhd.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3b1ede443e---19118140905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kidnuri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad91311b93e---69925708187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sns.hu/_user/file/zagesazipepud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pabausa.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b83a25de66f---lidifudosoxozifibixepaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn-----6kcabagcgfjsxjciriy6alkh6a7aqk.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/815e90a0bbaa38ab81d33b8745c4dd9f/36044876668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://in-dapt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607008954157a---katad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rjiminfra.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/33ae7a5730206d4d358290c80991bc30/47989947854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bocamvigliesrooms.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/79435bf483fef7c4ee59d89e89b07e38/34062675329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.goldenplanet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b760efbdf8f---buvokakoruzidiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klimagra.pl/images/wysiwyg_img/file/14954139864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clarasonic.com/upload/file/4489178138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daluxerealty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pooahs266vcvc1pfq48b2qbp53/36651303770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caacoding.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9481b9d357---83801160020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://keyflounge.nl/userfiles/file/fodazovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lubrifianti-auto.ro/files/file/xigazozasubog.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_off0001495e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1495E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00016170.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16170 18384 bytes
SHA-256: 69607ef1d2e4f9ceead528996ac8606c6533ba842e281d307fcf67ef75560a40
font_02_sfnt_off00019239.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19239 10664 bytes
SHA-256: d03e2ec95253819f0601bbc74abf8ac0c2c42d58c69d255136fe7fb85f6e0174