Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 239fe504f256adae…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.6 KB Created: 2021-09-01 16:46:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 2a6cb9138bb3c69844fa2bd528a44856 SHA-1: d7650dfa022bc121e77d19aa8c71c774a498ac86 SHA-256: 239fe504f256adaee6952e85db568702b5cd2b38029c103f0e4671fb18a672b3
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics suggest it functions as a link farm, directing users to compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting sites, likely to download a password-protected archive. This tactic is commonly used to bypass gateway security by encrypting the actual payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9986

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
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=engineering+circuit+analysis+solutions+manual PDF link annotation
    • http://workprohealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f3422d1bcf---32288255126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://payassistinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ed26ed86d7---50033480574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://voicelux.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d2bac54ab93cdc293ced16ac10631a2d/68308560119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thenext.pk/userfiles/files/13557455833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woorymart.com/userData/board/file/70501160312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cosplay-expo.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wuzitufuluxubud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pointcookelectrician.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161010dbbcfb24---wuroxekilixuxufus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sandalyecenneti.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0aptgoi8276hrbf219gc9s11k3/38070271749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://knshzj.com/CKEdit/upload/files/15135744552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etalentlink.com/uploadfile/file///2021081918443880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.liveartsaskatchewan.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dbeb902ca0---bakarozub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ayurveda-shiatsu-nice.com/upload/files/matat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.crossfitparamaribo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fe49b95a776---69448743041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajisushionline.com/uploads/files/48427877773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://southfieldhigh1973.com/clients/2/27/27a5067865c8334ad4a5a1fd7642c928/File/tuvijokowijuxonavaxokoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lightingsolutionsinc.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/59d3e3db68c9fbfba20ea795f1bebc92/15596341452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xo-sound.ru/userfiles/file/65160205670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://curvy.tw/upload/files/webabamujivagukagezipal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sibirprokat.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nupazanufib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.darvidproperty.com/news/file/86201284823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aptitudeclass.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19012894627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.festivalmarrakech.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d3846b33042---70523855458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9140d963c961be5636965cdfc8eddf1c/19658105217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://holmeslawfirm-iowa.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/nakozupopekatinezomelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kompaspt2.com/contents//files/fiwibukik.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_off0000d272.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD272 20056 bytes
SHA-256: 63916d356cc00209b12a5d79d44a5b55ea026c5de53fc766aad41dfc736113f0
font_01_sfnt_off00010681.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10681 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011e98.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E98 10768 bytes
SHA-256: bc1ce206685cc3a887487df4e5ea53fc46b865d4c670249c1d22a7897d6006e9