Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 039985314ac7808e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.5 KB Created: 2021-07-17 09:22:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: fedfb4465ded0179371dbdda35df2555 SHA-1: b3f7fc2314458326ce2bf2f1a3760540cfe5a6b9 SHA-256: 039985314ac7808e97d8fe4132f6df4bbd39e37185c9cebc1c1cca8e9bb2ba36
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and a large number of external links, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a likely phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the download or execution of a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://emmaushuis.org/pages/77456096512.pdf
    • http://tanabuauto.com/js/upload/files/redaw.pdf
    • http://becro-plast.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4a46374249---74894037335.pdf
    • http://www.hkqi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cd91b938ea---nugura.pdf
    • http://www.kickcommerce.com/userfiles/file/14162372092.pdf
    • https://castilloexterior.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80180827992.pdf
    • http://werkkledingverkoop.nl/images/docman/files/93001529476.pdf
    • https://boldvision.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607be316b8718---gopekurarejebixinujatofav.pdf
    • https://www.costaverde.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b47efbd9efc---pelenijefav.pdf
    • http://kaupa.cz/userfiles/file/67664814654.pdf
    • http://alibabashipping.com/userfiles/file/77671355641.pdf
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jvcom297m9drqfd8s9c8vkacb5/38195818712.pdf
    • http://countrysquirefoods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac197e91d6a---92538935951.pdf
    • https://www.budgetskemaet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608551c709f67---vemofurufaw.pdf
    • http://dabbleanddesign.com/clients/c/c6/c60e280709801842a26e47e23f21f170/File/gaxufuvedi.pdf
    • https://cal.lighting/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7b89ec052dda2618ab49c86568bbb94b/17837189837.pdf
    • https://kabelkyaobuv.sk/editor_uploads/files/gawekokalojivojejexasage.pdf
    • http://aqbnb.com/uploadfile/file/fizufavakipodupafiminek.pdf
    • http://katachizu.com/img/news/files/segefomasomawemelov.pdf
    • http://arslanemlak.com/E/file/89424670775.pdf
    • http://www.kevinbrooks.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac0a5f2901c---doxelurarixosibej.pdf
    • https://www.freshstartdigitalmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6eb45d29ccdba3f5aabb0f66e1e3d2dc/64934673410.pdf
    • https://endoaccessories.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7tpqot3vr4fa68pfrqf6e6em4d/34059069538.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=tamil+movies+online+free+streaming
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000116e7.bin
dedd74fc7db3e81518804300109777fcfed8b52bb727723fd803281c8dfe810b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116E7 17492 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00014497.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14497 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00015cae.bin
6fb8b60834c77d8b0b4e0b46d716bf6eb4697d14c9d1bf62be941d91794274f2
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15CAE 10588 bytes