Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 39c20344a80b41ea…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.2 KB Created: 2021-09-07 05:04:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 720ce60c3143fa15543ed2ab1d64bd3d SHA-1: f46eb2bda0b5809f77c37ff5ba43849515e0253c SHA-256: 39c20344a80b41ea72089116e380fdbc0132f7f90636fcf5144c65ff7c0c6b49
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file exhibits characteristics of a phishing or malware distribution lure. It contains a large number of external URIs, many hosted on compromised websites, forming a link farm. The presence of embedded JavaScript, flagged by heuristics, suggests potential for malicious actions such as redirecting users to malicious sites or initiating further downloads. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=laser+lithography+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://rc-mst.com/mst/_upload/files/mewexuwojedatokef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zeminyerkaplama.com/upload/ckfinder/files/jifirapunuminuwifikos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chinacimctrailer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cdc808c2b25b50d1c9a0dcf8fb107df5/55191825228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eyestech.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uogf2map1j8b4k5rkqcanf53sr/97580736868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.amiunaorchestra.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094d21782ced---gevutimejatodapabopifamiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://youngshiny.com/userfiles/file/1626960154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpforbusymums.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/525902ba760dc0a1be08962556837e86/nubijujipag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thefutureofgolf.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e6a4ec98c15---61669242029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bellezaeimagen.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078841f35735---80576844505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.santaterezinha.com.br/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79418608664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leesii.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d5b7fbfe44---71894731712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.publicitymailing.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d4762ba94a---xomawolifitaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lapenya.cat/imgjovesnaves/file/siroz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purebodycare.courses/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mge9bvr93imbv4vt7heat3a58m/54228159591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dichvutot99.com/webroot/img/files/32026535720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soyana.de/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jumelig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thehawthornnyc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078bb59ce83c---tipufawemevos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3wsystems.com/shipinc/userfiles/files/4500824803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nam.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb89afecf91---12990078203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sazjah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9479b7220d---tifirubixusom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahreco.com/uploads/news_file/35333690458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rebates.forex/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef1se7he9j7bpm7b3k5nmikpu5/gumiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thaisomboonautopart.com/userfiles/files/72789455248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viacaosaopedro.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85700876472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webgirls-studio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab4b51c028e---zopopunifeloso.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_off0000e221.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE221 10744 bytes
SHA-256: 38e0fa0ab276920189c1139f29c5f200b850561f5dd038c705632ae5b78967f0
font_01_sfnt_off0000fabd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFABD 17052 bytes
SHA-256: b47f30a04286ff4fd128095f3b7f0005d08bd43f5215535d3fc7e3094472d8b9
font_02_sfnt_off000126f7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126F7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1