Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 39d07bf6e1d65030…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.3 KB Created: 2021-09-04 22:46:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 1f140cd0c504aa5ea176c7f173e0b10f SHA-1: e6a9b862aee47cf085e4ae2f6c48259256072afc SHA-256: 39d07bf6e1d65030450d9ed84435ad59a9599d0d19e0a9272c11ea917ed129d5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The file also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to potentially compromised or disposable hosting sites. These elements suggest the PDF is designed to lure users into clicking links that could lead to phishing pages or the download of further malicious payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=nanda+nursing+diagnosis+2018+pdf+free+download PDF link annotation
    • https://southernlightingsource.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70a015534946132227a8ac9f01bad2ef/75171948595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelexpert.ro/uploads/files/65877765127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hizlipin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/devegusopogawiwutubudix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjurylascruces.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f5tor1e5fcv96kt6tcd8v1eq4g/50505432514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unique-u.biz/images/uploads/file/tezajukig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buergerforum-tirol.at/file/13874004198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aravlicraft.com/cmsCart//upload/file/2799510495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.miyadenthai.com/image/upload/File/wolikerazupugositesegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://runhouchem.com/upload/files/kigolipur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ltssinternational.com/res/wysiwyg/file/88234790875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eltonltd.ru/sites/default/files/uploads/dupawadagawimufuveruzem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salondebellezaanamariaromero.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33608967336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.americanapi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7f41325d17---zimubatedodedin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ixtvs.de/_upload_bilder/_filemanager/file/zepiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metzpaintings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a6ea7c754f---78956458677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mnwebdesign.dk/userfiles/file/77098142661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alphasigmaoverseas.com/userfiles/file/23189858281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mondzorgvesa-voorschoten.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161078ad17aeea---61247839271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ux02.wadhost.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dabasulewitadorubaverok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingalbertltd.com/uploadedfiles/file/jimadupekimefosedubitan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taiwan-tiaya.com/upload/tiaya_official/files/bitakesubifozitifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wawa757.com/uploads/files/79986454838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plumcourse.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/540165b1ff54986193003de1dbee248f/dagofujow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandinhr.eu/images/user/file/74571741769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://progfin.pl/userfiles/file/velelikivejodokiravib.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_off00010690.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10690 11240 bytes
SHA-256: 1c7c23a4ed22c20d0064d12a4b5cd639fa994691ede79e1fb75f4a085f0a93ca
font_01_sfnt_off000120ef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120EF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013901.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13901 17832 bytes
SHA-256: 36950409909c4d02f9c62dc1bbefa67b6d53b04c0bee905a07b09d2d7816d9e2