Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 39cc4649d54b2b6b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

65.5 KB Created: 2021-06-20 07:31:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 5d3c68d03217cf5f24c6c041e6d93c24 SHA-1: 097cacaa3f874fd49dd0bcaf6d2b9d3935379464 SHA-256: 39cc4649d54b2b6b1596956ab2b3f691ba2fdc516c2824978e1351cef82ff428
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document contains numerous links to compromised websites, disguised as a free PDF to PPT conversion tool. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to deliver a phishing payload or malware. The presence of a 'download' button lure further supports the phishing pretext.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://pinotcar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/63e29c65f408b3fcb70ac5e43da13d89/ruwapidifumifujajisuj.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://mattweidnerlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c542a316133---xadazudunosakegos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://backcountryplayground.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d12da0dd8ab9d38e676bc87de47fc9fd/famisatoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuishangbiao.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-7/20210507060148709653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trackeg.com/en/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160781b8dcad0f---91754579784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquaticlandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076ab743a93c---80579290928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adance0112.com/upfile/editor/file/juseritewijofemiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orldoc.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0jvbv1s5cvc44cvfocfri78nc0/28952559090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-kamen.com/userfiles/file/11736474376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterok-kovka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ca8786bd7825221f049a66152aa9c6d/96955855104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://engineeredrepinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2087e6fff7a494d42a1adfccb9c2eb0e/wabetadaxupimetakuvurim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daleplumbinginc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5f4de0fa968f58457c10b3669f1dcba8/13965406284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.klpreschool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f7fcb4ea69---vuderibipalod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beachesbrewing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a576331b0822edaa6d7dd0a8822a2847/lalokapuverevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.prieteniitehnicii.ro/documente/file/6342330675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brunoamaranti.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/78tbgmjcopdv292104bga7jb76/97418295497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://azizolace.cz/images/file/dodusanevolexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=convert+large+pdf+to+ppt+for+freePDF 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c499.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC499 4996 bytes
SHA-256: cdee18059a9c646f8a8445906869a74abca2775b27b5b1646aa790af41f34807
font_01_sfnt_off0000d5ae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD5AE 10504 bytes
SHA-256: 5ad95451c381419600b382c73ebadd007ce6b51e951583e6825804839a9d8574