Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 239f94c0c6aaf3ae…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.7 KB Created: 2021-09-07 08:59:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: e1f489af3451e5b09084cc796126e728 SHA-1: 5d9d19b7d62642e4ed55989dd9b54a6b7bacc019 SHA-256: 239f94c0c6aaf3ae9554c26d443ab3624edc7455fa853be0e1d51b9b1a58d7ff
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. These links likely serve as lures for phishing or to download further malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=curso+de+ortografia+pdf+gratis PDF link annotation
    • http://adoriantarla.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161221372b6e7f---lazuperuwuwejogagubik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fabrykakonwersji.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/124d40434a83d09df3a9e226e8871ed5/junevifoseranug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dolphinrfid.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0494b4d0e3---34654635711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://palestraarkadia.it/userfiles/files/52545934260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://getsolarnj.com/userfiles/file/58798960055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://royal-pizza.eu/files/file/87432304293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cochemical.com/upload/files/81695978720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://classiccar-jp.com/js/upload/files/zifigilojowulumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://calldidocta.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/16029fdc11577257ad06a159608a81a6/salozixepegugogeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://specialbrands.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/23488d213bb88e5bd324a9d3c2a2d1eb/xunuvuvovadufalusaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kme.pl/global/app/webroot/uploads/file/16229768547688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://absolut-fit-and-dance.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/29ig8q1k8oaqdquf1avq0vhtc3/dexiwaveb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://av-jet.ru/userfiles/file/46943115607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://morethancars.eu/uploads/edytor/file/xifisixaxese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baconbites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q8r1du2jfc8fuuu6376kt0dpa1/81968445744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecef-groupe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/duqpgh0g5bqsbm5867hh5iqku3/bizib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srp-galabau-rostock.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rq04q7h78kv28o2n2825ml9qq8/39564104341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://indianhairtransplant.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/galevogefop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rowtheerne.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9891f6ca246386b63f128638a2f49ad2/tumekeposukadomarilax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bean2beenefamilytree.com/clients/60578/File/42522408506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://automsystem.com/UploadFile/file/20210509214855464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://axwelindia.com/uploads/13678686939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joefairless.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8aa2990978713f33f2c01842b6a2ddb1/pulojogizid.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_off0000d03e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD03E 10652 bytes
SHA-256: 22e659c46d7479fe2de8e6c7b12c55befe245de00f64698022a9ae48b6ac7606
font_01_sfnt_off0000e898.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE898 19176 bytes
SHA-256: 56aa658dd4c918c6225336a481af841c98adf5fa266f190219f222aff844bad1
font_02_sfnt_off00011984.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11984 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1