Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 39adb4551aa1d0d1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.0 KB Created: 2021-06-27 17:22:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: b6e3461577cfc5ef5d94442406b1fbbd SHA-1: b43d648d52797a9c77116ce47c1d2ad64be7d450 SHA-256: 39adb4551aa1d0d1e7d0223ee29212a6fbc0300f9b3e2a0d02b4dd6ed671ad83
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of these URLs and the overall structure strongly suggest a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

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 https://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=multiple+regression+analysis+ppt PDF link annotation
    • https://provisionsinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f668618762---85730427666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ashtralmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086fd688b9fa---39220215414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096a4df2ef2c---datakamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2girlstrippin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071966580dd5---84007471403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamoncup.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cc9c4848f3c---fuwegejitolutov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cms.blauraum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/91bb3094043902d121fb1eb1fec82036/73372525799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p6vjqrridkabj1j7ngfqd18dr1/sipuxemovevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://law.myvzl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/meab2v0nc64uhmo12viq7k3kg4/lakekikesoxikenezobas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perleyparish.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70c540ca9dbd9830b5ca87d9def9afbb/67830348377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avigailpekelman.com/sites/default/files/file/23614454061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rebranded.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094789af0894---selusopabilaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theettiaresottawa.ca/clients/e/e8/e8f54e69a7463df9fd0adff13cd8e90f/File/danujer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theshairpodcast.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a0807aaaafa2ac3802e3080208cd751a/24977632391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phase1acoustics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a82ab36f08c---nixunebetup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doyen.cc/images/upload/File/zafopuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://congtyvima.com/images/Download/narukum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cambodiaangkorhomestay.com/userfiles/file/wobefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://100gastro.cz/soubory/files/kinojapefefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3bbb.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/81425563576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ashtralmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075ea5a6df48---22036864503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.associatedomains.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092624cdb1b9---36405008813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://assurancemauricie.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070eac43faba---8670471937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaexpansionjoint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be298b22847---78711524544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laxmigrouppune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5378f6c2e3fa46f2779e3823c6bc172d/rutifovarufon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000c988.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC988 17164 bytes
SHA-256: 846d14ff9f33563ae0c4490351d2ed3653b08831b0c432038b096538b9a8d329
font_01_sfnt_off0000f657.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF657 10636 bytes
SHA-256: 6ee41961ae32deccb003de3d7e8898e0d71eb1de5fc80f28762c6bb2c65e93db
font_02_sfnt_off00010ed0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10ED0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1