Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f38f538692d9b25f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.1 KB Created: 2021-07-28 05:20:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 506f8e68f71f44db7e8766a4169cb8da SHA-1: 715a2f097a292967451b61b45005d698baf7260e SHA-256: f38f538692d9b25f15b4b93d72b32d2a746acac2040ac0c363bfb3c129d15db4
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed for malicious redirection. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9637

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://lawina-radom.pl/files/file/6052426022.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://amirep.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d23cf645fba6f82f68e5cba4e368ee79/notexokopozipuvemuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://communeouchamps.fr/userfiles/file/gosumunikinupupar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psychotherapie-dr-albrecht.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c751cde71ac---41595386681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aihyang.com/userfiles/file/71682907623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arniestribu.com/campannas/file/76855442705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baugeraeteverleih.de/benutzerdateien/napoguvoveruvenede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://almoheetmanpower.com/public_html/userfiles/file/38179513890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d98aebecc01aaa733c5939276b727791/66673781998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.driftime.ee/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb4cf3246b7---lufubap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://utilitydiscount.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c28141dbbf---roxaxen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ayersworthglen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160edf7bd64ac3---bepifafuzivilunozidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terapie-psi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609568750f95b---vaved.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0c77193f3d.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.segurosfacility.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ec3faf161f9---18556960175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ucity69.com/clients/861769/File/9339108430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ingmontagna.com/userfiles/files/1396688345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intergeored.com/upload/File/kozonitizamorozuxutan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vipavtoufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dad4b00729330b105e89fde968a408a7/98251818785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nutricionintravenosa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ddef5700fa91e4a9710b57430a1b5fa/14337206769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.caslyn.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088b095a31ee---41017112177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wernersuarez.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/13824453303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://almondzwealth.com/administrator/imagetemp/file/88730124869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.startservis.sk/novy/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8351226429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advance-pack.com/editor_upload/file/kerofewuwud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sportli.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa77c0d72b1---vovobepusekupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=samsung+galaxy+tablet+10.1+targetPDF 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 5

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e5c8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5C8 17400 bytes
SHA-256: a23d6bcc1c37a60912bec3198e6abf7809178d6924a631402368f5b9ca2b2d4f
font_01_sfnt_off0000ffd9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFD9 18588 bytes
SHA-256: 29fa46b7bf681a8d469830272c7d65d4ea864f2839f2ba1408402dee45e47bb8
font_02_sfnt_off000130d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x130D7 11008 bytes
SHA-256: 8bd722ccdccf3d39879ea3ddfc40ceb240ced4927e184e34f40683dbc50db1b4
font_03_sfnt_off00014a8c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14A8C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_04_sfnt_off00016299.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16299 2436 bytes
SHA-256: bfac6a52ae8622cc978e1a7bec2972ed4de98af29f81f294d0a0f6830501b1ff