Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 39952887fa7def3a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.2 KB Created: 2021-09-07 21:25:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: b5b3bbed71dfa1b546de067b5b25a05f SHA-1: 66d3e230bc09b6c9d8025a35c15c95f5f4414b2d SHA-256: 39952887fa7def3adf403c67c30fb45667646fd24d28f2550c1ee9eda61b45ad
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as a malicious PDF by ClamAV and an ML classifier, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing lure with invoice-related language. It contains embedded JavaScript, suggesting an attempt to execute malicious code, likely to download and execute a second-stage payload from one of the numerous extracted URLs. The PDF also functions as a link farm, directing users to various potentially compromised or disposable hosting sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Fake invoice / payment lure low SE_INVOICE_LURE
    Document contains invoice or payment language paired with an action verb — useful context when combined with link, macro, or attachment indicators
  • 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://coniperfumes.cl/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55253074657.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://atenngo.com/admin/sites/site/documents/57872587449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkwebdesign.com.hk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c26df2a6b7---27702827951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maoles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078408ec5e60---84704255236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polskieplytki.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/22b1841610871dc5e74f07d210f7f90e/xububedatebokukudeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.armstrongre.com/files/files/6779156959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geometramaurotozzi.it/userfiles/files/jejeremirexodizitetero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kwik-it.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085311305703---nonewopusidesazomik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bednidhitraders.com/userfiles/file/39550643871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://24cvety.ru/upload/files/4852671090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kanomax-nsk.ru/images/muwonavevukusilemupez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heyumpnd.com/userfiles/file///xutusodezalepumapaziza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unicornproduction.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc355e593f5f3b5876c9baae230eca63/vepilijoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sculecuacumulator.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/80660450864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extintoresorigen.com/images/editor/gelapibebetoriperoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.abcklima.hu//data/editorfile/farodinawuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://falerisztika.hu/tmp/40318490107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tspinstruments.com/cache/fck_files/file/rozopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrotehholding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dbe596e05617c829a538db72a747484f/sewagarelijeruvowavejoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chiataiec.com/userfiles/Proj_Name/files/nilagixazavujekojifibex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fietenhaardenenkachels.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084e8e4e13e8---89890391613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.peeryhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9a4ed4512daffcc961e2c3738a347ae8/55509954589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.itbaloch.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0f4f42326b---60653667875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3handseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8438be5bd0---pajifilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=income+tax+challan+281+pdf+downloadPDF 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_off0000d18f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD18F 17324 bytes
SHA-256: eed92d4102468161407a06be9c37a00b69699ba09b75ef70a5029dda17ff5d0d
font_01_sfnt_off0000fda6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDA6 11044 bytes
SHA-256: d49d6da1236977924af8d0589e97a0bf98284ebf3e5f21f1d555b89891c96907
font_02_sfnt_off0001175a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1175A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1