Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 39c8be66de72607d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.3 KB Created: 2021-08-31 22:42:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: da74c164e72e194fa3ba9063ef1cea77 SHA-1: 0b2eb1b5de9f637d5016845a0f1090476b107a05 SHA-256: 39c8be66de72607d1f27214dbbfcb2bf75acd6340f4e0b8c75c98f90b23e225e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the structure and URL findings point towards a malicious document designed to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cad71a4520---sagofelimadapinomiwe.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ankamet.com/userfiles/file/16271986897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shhs69reunions.com/clients/e/e9/e92da0bc0099326815942f81a5c18dfc/File/55653368865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://garraldaarquitectura.com/garralda_userfiles/files/buzuwigulutatibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zazilha.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6cc7948555404c5926ebce46e548f652/63488883764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ninda.vn/userfiles/files/12632759079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sjar-tech.com/uploadfile/file///2021080812111093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercedesbenzofaustinservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c86b1992339---24586584097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orthopediedelft.eu/files/15146832122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rufullthrottle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d4db674613---73458810776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.nu/upload/49741749255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecohost.ru/pics/images/file/84179818821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mmckno2010.zkosuchdol.info/files/berexamewunelulaxibig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://capitalsyndic.com/userfiles/file/54959960120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.zochrot.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83902661759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mercedesmazo.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a3acb65de2---vibevajexutirafaxanugagaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jamiatulbanat.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160753b555d901---34144818862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centralcogtc.com/uploads/file/73346712725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestmiamiturf.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e651567d9bf90acb6cf667ba34780f65/51058755033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning-chemistry.ro/userfiles/file/maruvuvanetagorojemebale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://knurussian.kr/DATA/upload/files/202108270733592712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.justgiveahand.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160832944e9ec6---46825684666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samsungklimamodelleri.com/upload/ckfinder/files/jumofaxujaxewufefimax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qfse.co/images/uploaded_files/ckfinder/files/1628713815_d9d4009fe5.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://learningkey.org/userfiles/lixebetejibakem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://famcareconnect.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160717151d136c---94683420668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=after+we+collided+sub+engPDF 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_off0000d3e7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD3E7 10796 bytes
SHA-256: 723035f11d80aa1af1211e0b885f223cb8791ad7fd3e5f88a9097aa1ae7ffd71
font_01_sfnt_off0000ecc5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECC5 17268 bytes
SHA-256: c72c654d2cac024cf35a3265c58f0a44cfe716007328ae7f85ff8868ebc1aa0c
font_02_sfnt_off000119bb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119BB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1