Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 39673d6bea7d4d39…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.0 KB Created: 2021-09-17 02:51:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 982f64bca15556f8a5793037990ff495 SHA-1: 713bace5e5dedf74b340ef559e72f4d6b10da238 SHA-256: 39673d6bea7d4d39953a24ed5f1ff3f2c1427919797e65333305b93f606e09e7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to disposable hosting or compromised CMS uploads, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate redirection to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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.
  • 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://yocarbroker.com/upload/ckfinder/files/89453578840.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://dakmet.pl/upload/jarozoxeviwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primer-spb.ru/files/files/99294703094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenfuturevietnam.com/Upload/files/91639845809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.examnotice.in/uploads/files/94602164118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://office-agglo-larochelle.fr/userfiles/file/midezutigekawopimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alaqart.atelierleuthold.ch/userfiles/files/22921071012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1adrijbbb.xn--p1ai/upload_picture/37895198364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autosoftware.company/autoresponders_images/files/98591562559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://malifer.hu/upload/file/29417165328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://counterreaction.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143b68bbfdfe---45603475119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vr-spagna-20.effievirtual.com/galeria/files/pofilejukina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://technok.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1bb75ee0f6b91a134664b52894014cb1/78213678983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cliniquemyo.com/userfiles/file/nuvibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gold-carsales.com/js/upload/files/birulidalux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://karolinanowak.com/userfiles/file/91445595417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.parkwaytransplant.com/media_upload/upload/files/lutogaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://massagetheory.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5459e6979801d14f8fc83983f4741dd0/juwaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olterus.net/contents/files/gojoxukegesurimomogulad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://union.travel/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63670865140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://congtydaihai.com/upload/files/34561507607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haidangpc.com/contents/files/nupodosufep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coomargroup.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33698548886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.popcaffe.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/157d38df5c5d620a8a88f282e3726123/mefojulusuzizagafibapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ty6600.com/userfiles/file/23953738275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=best+sensitivity+for+pubg+mobile+without+gyroscope+for+androidPDF 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_off0000eebb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEBB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000106cd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106CD 18244 bytes
SHA-256: f02c1b1aad6e13594a751390cfc144d9e58d0e0a9ddf521a8146a3681d3d2590
font_02_sfnt_off00013637.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13637 11628 bytes
SHA-256: e041fc0ec86c98e1f23a96d257b91fa7dd968a44c332eaefeed1155809314d98