Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 39658431659fcfab…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.8 KB Created: 2021-07-05 23:04:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-18
MD5: 776c0768ebbf4e5008c188656f111a89 SHA-1: a8ebc8da1a297999c1e71404b64c5a53a7ec99c5 SHA-256: 39658431659fcfabfe19f95ecec270ce4378d41add3aa2982ca2685d9686e5b3
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites utilizing the Formcraft plugin for file uploads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The presence of link farms on compromised CMS platforms suggests an attempt to obscure the final destination and leverage potentially trusted domains.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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 http://www.zav-mito.si/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608051a27907c---nujimilezupadixuwod.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://rauvuonsach.com/images/uploads/files/sijolutabibigafoxisul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aronabritcan.com/userfiles/file/navomatabiranenunil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adhdadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089e7ed90a93---joxawevomirizupafotufaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imagespa.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160866c43089bd---41049241932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andlupa.com/userfiles/file/22792132474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.appsolutely.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc8dfb66da3---mowotiviwejulaxisur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ateneoarbonaida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c288e74db9---93801505126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hydrogears.com/survey/userfiles/files/zuwisoferemevama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://t4g.nasscomfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mich4vk7gb67imqh8jedsgqai4/lemarofobogezowutar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jfhconsultancy.nl/userfiles/files/dadanuderasupotofujidugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://torrentclub.vip/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t622aaisnkp8bd4aa4mj439o8p/guwabatimevome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thayloilocnuoctaihanoi.net/upload/files/47537433500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://portsidestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/85fa26ffa4956297027a3d3af6e4b558/wezojuja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actaviaserica.org/board/file/files/69449720266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.belladermeestetica.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096f8191aba6---72311233902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svs-pm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160753a6857e81---nolonuzupikofuvebapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rcp-ranstadt.us/files/xarawuzirus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://velvetskin.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bf07e4a66aea9b24fddeca607e6ddf0a/4677682396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://personnelcle.com/userfiles/file/zatitomesifuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bridalchapel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d521aa083e---16357972522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://123podkrovie.sk/editor_uploads/files/lasogawodumanegox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adbuffalony.com/uploads/files/pogukobevidiremesonut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=recovery+time+for+d%26c+and+hysteroscopyPDF 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_off0000f9a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9A4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000111b6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111B6 17152 bytes
SHA-256: 7773eba63b769d2e64691d2519ef9b7788ee928b05a8c2e8f0063aea05dc3e98
font_02_sfnt_off00013e93.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E93 10384 bytes
SHA-256: e5f6241d2d2af6663cf9a0fb9a717071737666b1af2dbbeb6b33312fa5e5f9cb

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