Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e38bd67e9f938d2f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

170.2 KB Created: 2021-08-19 05:16:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 72a1818d5d56d8dde86d4e98cab24ac1 SHA-1: b7a6ab6873613952a5a2c1ea934016ae79042f10 SHA-256: e38bd67e9f938d2fa54ff39b831ebee2ff213405fa1b71eacab4aecc1f446a49
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a large number of embedded URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or raw IP addresses, indicating a likely phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links are indicative of a malicious lure, potentially leading to further exploitation.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9933

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
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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 http://www.reroofingbrisbaneqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f3acc1d70c---14893923084.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ranjitabiswas.com/userfiles/files/36237372152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sakitonus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/75d50299d1a7199c7eca5715e061cfa0/60474493506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipsib.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ae014525c38315da966ad3c89144977/28627779974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sambelteri.com/contents//files/29208122610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sosnovgeo.ru/userfiles/file/79757280345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bscartridge.com/pic/45311488286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cenlajobinator.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/nudasimogavexopila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schoonhovensvrouwenkoor.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/waremili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nacyc.jp/Upload/file/zoposazam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yesilderecine.com/admin/editor_resim/file/61681642929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610a7ba65f487---jolopojovagetenilav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://muzeumostrowiec.pl/obrazy/file/borasiridenezimekelilope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-range.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075a3bf3642e---39017951167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stopasbestos.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a59318775ae---fiwulavuxeluj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sammycar.ch/sammy/sites/default/sammyfiles/newsletterfile/wawirimegivide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ccc08a98288ed104f0158d8a28b6fb8/zexug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angelescare.com/userfiles/file/rofinegopijum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d4d33ccf90---78235599420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omonetach.pl/foto/ilustracje/file/kabebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hurtglass.pl/upload/file/3168314557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agataklimowska.pl/userfiles/file/45538287823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emons-verlag.net/testarea/cwsCMSlight/media/files/bezikutobuvupeparupufureb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iwish-cosmetics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e75e81656f---74528320706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://157.230.241.115/image/upload/File/gezev.pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=stanford+math+churchPDF 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_off00023760.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x23760 10480 bytes
SHA-256: c7a73ea3b93f0b612435463803a58680ea812683156637672c383b7e996b58a1
font_01_sfnt_off00024f01.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x24F01 19168 bytes
SHA-256: 4c49415e9121bd7a6eb5eb775fb2618ec5c68e429b7cb4e9765b893ac9734732
font_02_sfnt_off000281e6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x281E6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1