Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 39294d3b55b3f8a6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

100.9 KB Created: 2021-09-07 14:30:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 466ec804d16ac6a51cb3e25f2e690413 SHA-1: 26d388dfa1635b0e40d66a2c13f832a63be0beb3 SHA-256: 39294d3b55b3f8a6e64280266fde0452fca937e837af3660e531d27d11d0c630
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to various compromised WordPress uploads and other domains, likely to distribute malware or facilitate phishing. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports this attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://www.nobleorthodontic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2b5862cf5434d597b8a51dfb6b30a90d/39429616232.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://kueapem.com/contents//files/82033099997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahi.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6249e1ee0c694829722dfb8a5971db36/12336969479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gmkms.net/upfile_editor/2021/files/fepedifuwuxixuva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://araonline.hu/uploads/file/kepuwogadazedimuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akvari-um.ru/userfiles/file/94886856656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://roocenter.ru/upload/file/wisonosujezufuwif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kevinmcallisterlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/ganotavawefuvove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://m-camper.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57713825209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jessicarossitto.com/clients/7/7c/7c16b8c799dae9ffcd1258f31d6ff645/File/loladuwud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hongphuc.vn/userfiles/file/9489178963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spencershaulageltd.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a3262dbb1c84490bea5430789db1baa0/kuxupubalupuzekowupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studio5r.com/userfiles/files/79469669078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srp-galabau-rostock.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9bf24u5jnk00qgn58a6j9h6g4o/35338333124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leunamgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8cf3b57d9d20e5c9a1a7fa71fc838180/poguxuvixuzibuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://natproperty.com/userfiles/files/22064481713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://khautrangkhangviet.com/upload/img/files/63282926324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.apartamentselsllacs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ehbpvt0toq4h6a40aguu5c3mrs/72794397048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maoles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d5331880e1---demaniluzoderazoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vendsol.com/userfiles/file/zulodivijidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yodobashi-church.com/3811301399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ducthoaudio.com/upload/files/bubidosuxegosudalalozas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nrlandscapes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/16d78e160ad8a12c0908addfc1543c4f/bukobizevenaropewezofiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mailing.crpm.ch/ck/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wamiwadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://enovosti.info/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93592627476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=uceed+sample+question+paper+pdfPDF 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_off00012884.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12884 11032 bytes
SHA-256: 76906e53e57c2879a46ba313f566a1c0ebbb7f5ff927b2bee32662871a9d08ee
font_01_sfnt_off000141e7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x141E7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000159f9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x159F9 16976 bytes
SHA-256: 99b7ee2c8d3180b12d812f4a1b4be71b0dfc9f03b80354532c04f219c8f55dd4