Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 39ab3e9e2a35d43c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.1 KB Created: 2021-07-20 21:33:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: c2a26d1798b71ec1e5adc3c91c1551f1 SHA-1: d637dc8f6ad2ee13022cccfbd5519c772a728fcd SHA-256: 39ab3e9e2a35d43cd0dfc9e092c67f4ea276a54f58ac97485f8e77ff5dfa3d96
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites and are structured as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution through these links. The document body is heavily obfuscated and does not provide clear textual lures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9922

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://constructionone.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3ac8f2ea56---ropoba.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://bibliotheque-des-arts.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kuwafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.motionmantra.com/userfiles/files/kosolabokivokebon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestbuyfromindia.com/userfiles/file/61231112974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://payassistinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071904c72857---gotojerebapejoderufurifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tkpmission.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f31d94d505b---68802549864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://truck-diagnostic.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2131400b272a8b17fa66bc5e36c51611/fanavivizuroz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://omomediacion.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ac68da109522a113e074e0d139716c2/35048459140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amctop.com/board_data/editor_img/file/202107050324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://catgarner.com/clients/873270/File/notelenuwapulaxutesaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.zolmedis.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vovoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myjobcareer.net/userfiles/file/2021052003551973499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chocoinmobiliario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c2b241861d37fc65f078584b9fd16388/mefuvuwema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cortemadera.com/wysiwygfiles/file/milamulojidadubekerek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.scmphotography.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be7e2f6990a---83023136699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aygroupmuh.com/image/files/88589235187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.atrium-tuiles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b514ec502c3---51749261391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betenrealestate.com/sites/default/files/file/jagej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maketmaster.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42687437393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alamansyria.com/userfiles/file/lakaxupogusuxamopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://malashealthcare.com/userfiles/files/riwup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zelene-centrum.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fewavitafiduj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stratcareerservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b66675f2cf---norikuvonidagejipuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://conexkarvan.com/cache/fck_files/file/xijefoluwatimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=sample+letter+borrowing+money+from+a+friendPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e304.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE304 17024 bytes
SHA-256: ff6ac8bcc4470d37418509d38dc000d662ee5747431fc9bbc0f93079dd490c83
font_01_sfnt_off00010f86.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F86 16088 bytes
SHA-256: 21ff46de98f0902b53a5c0c946916a1dd4551bbaa4204463728281c4bc54dda8
font_02_sfnt_off000124bf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124BF 11088 bytes
SHA-256: e1eead71f3b352694d68f7384e3e95b338c673ad103b5b2e708c0ed6d46c2b7f
font_03_sfnt_off00013e35.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E35 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1