Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 39c541cc88599464…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.6 KB Created: 2021-09-05 15:48:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 24c2e1d3786b336a14d5fecccd71a1d6 SHA-1: 68185bcd0cb079b2c5e53055bd5cb555c5dcca98 SHA-256: 39c541cc88599464f50bc2f4c247cd23f7d80e3243056da6cd075eea1f42e7e4
236 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links to external PDFs hosted on compromised or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malware. The 'SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE' heuristic indicates the document likely instructs the user to open a password-protected archive, a common tactic to bypass gateway security.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9971

Heuristics 8

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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://alarcon-v.com/editor_upload_image/file/zenerorof.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://poltinik.ru/userfiles/file/18312071478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://werder-ritter.de/UserFiles/File/zatezoximebigowexes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gachbinhduong.com/upload/file/32393582721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pabausa.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607acb8a0becf---73852097152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.moyekolodin.com/files/zatagujetupudiliputugozig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://internationallanguagenavigators.com/media/nefujafegilununuzezumagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sandsflooring.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34940038319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bertoniamministrazione.it/bertoni/public/file/48526360870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cfi-registration.org/buzzboxgift/img/userfiles/files/54879585885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://euro-ex.com/images/blog//file/55044343481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adm.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f35aadf52e7e3af9464fa2e8fa8dd9ed/xozup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.engltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d08fa6a72f410f87dd6efe3b457ae142/77178244947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://richardchong.com/userfiles/files/bunedudotamidava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bettynblue.com/upload/fck_img/20210731/file/fobetabusibomuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dacinsara.ro/fckfiles/file/paxiwasivis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bezagsecurity.cz/userfiles/nenenidexeri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gainerwindows.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dkcdv7vbs9t50cq1pinbfcjp43/61273306215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dj-csnl.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086e90ae82df---87404023396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lighthouse-connection.at/myPix/file/4851607578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.coconutlodge.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4564f59eb7---36885702698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pavcargo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/58e083f40512e8c4a4e421678b00aa83/46378353923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://codemessaging.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61799916343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=manual+de+scratch+2.0+en+espa%C3%B1ol+pdfPDF 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_off00010402.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10402 20744 bytes
SHA-256: 751b128ab0587a6fd65dc9ab8626946a41e7107810eeeef9f2ccc75288b8c377
font_01_sfnt_off000137f3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x137F3 11232 bytes
SHA-256: b83ac70409cb39051c8a4b4a74cd4235923b82dd61f931da7f9835158d4ee337
font_02_sfnt_off00015208.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15208 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1