Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 39a387b5111b0b68…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.2 KB Created: 2021-09-03 07:36:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: ae6cbac76e7bfe2bc464f1fcac01a754 SHA-1: 917e163543b08593b4c8d9d3c41cfb355aedb55e SHA-256: 39a387b5111b0b68d1a7d94c2273c7711c12d0f9a3d9826c9bceb77db72fd05c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Multiple heuristics point to the PDF being a link farm hosted on compromised websites, designed to trick users into downloading further malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports this phishing-like lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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
  • 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://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8ba0bd1191---23441050409.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.fmworks.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1jdibtigbd67h7ib5608uj8khm/jegosijerewajur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://donkaew-furniture.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45612437168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pebyte.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rrv96vfo5kebv2n8tdqb2eil0e/nuluparevutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.julitolaschools.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ba692addf6---14342402688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rajskiewakacje.pl/userfiles/file/jutipezowanejozosimefew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pasarant0g3l-turbo-h1t.com/contents//files/80597442182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relleno-acidohialuronico.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b7888daa8552be8649ac1703d60c3961/3605270060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ponderosafestival.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf210e161d3---81195609967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abovomedia.hu/_user/file/27925095825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siphouse96.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a6854706b251b136712ec88f15bdf00/tiniwugav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vitanova-cattery.com/upload/file/32654260062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alignerco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3e7df1c6f45a4e689af911c0e25c0c68/fadikisibevezive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://davisfolk.net/clients/1/1f/1f1070e31f35868a9a13f38ee7dc887f/File/luradufagokagafiboxakofek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biosafety.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ruwelivof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remobudostol.pl/pliki/suxebuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.web2business.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ace3564f30b---wufumometugetep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pocatellocampfire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n3erh363lq3dj2m1v8kn5f982f/nirazoteziwesasumanag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae2b5fddac2---xakikopikubobekubuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotelamoha.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdc65321212---48265963109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://upbfassadenbau.com/upload/file/67002283912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://walnutcreekguide.com/wysiwygfiles/file/68497035341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=color+by+number+worksheets+pumpkinPDF 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_off0000d8db.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8DB 17552 bytes
SHA-256: 26419539bd00621177ab86ffd4e3c2cb86690bb94d2e8df95f5e5aba02ca7607
font_01_sfnt_off00010659.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10659 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011e70.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E70 10916 bytes
SHA-256: c96800d5ac745830d1aa855b603b993bba1af418af765adaf13233e4e0ea71fb