Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 39d3ef51f11e4661…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.1 KB Created: 2021-07-16 09:55:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 25ff42a5cc9d902280fc544f12a8dd27 SHA-1: 696eb2ddcba60d33a631b7e894f075254cba218c SHA-256: 39d3ef51f11e46617bd296e31fc8351057fda5e4e6ee954988e735d37fea5b6c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The file is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, and exhibits characteristics of a link farm. It contains numerous URLs pointing to compromised websites and potentially malicious PDF files, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or phishing sites. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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.
  • 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://www.3dreamchurch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ceb030a449697637508e2df40958310/32690520913.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cnex.cc/images/blog//file/23006884146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a9955b7604fecb5df709e0e2a2290ba/66246701786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chicagohalo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079968566488---bokexukepatasova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gdr.co.il/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9837a1e9f9ff56334949c08ec74e6f51/nujibusiwipagugusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tortsurprise.ru/upload/redactor/files/vorugobinikan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.prodomasa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/remanida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riskhedgetech.com/uploaded/file/116818755860a0198f7b83d.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krevue.cz/UserFiles/File/7428049735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://softwarefactory.nl/images/file/67566134324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bikinibody.be/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a6ighaebtghonlkoft4iab59mu/nemavepufikapitet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spherule.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fc1359e22ab3ab95d43cc9c668ab752c/jilamoxegujopuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://delawaretravelmedicine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c663dd83ba---97269582621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moniimpex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160960b692513b---dazevevex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://absolutelyneon.com/userfiles/file/mubofafujupubunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okna-stv.ru/userfiles/files/62085911819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mrmax.ca/clients/9797/File/magetotepabupol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gpagroup.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b628cc373d7---somonowizakonawubunijis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slanfusa.org/clients/47225/File/50743303965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phanphoiongnhuahoasen.vn/upload/files/rosawipusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.federatedlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/093b5db66329368e786746037df2659d/49676364515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hyperasp.net/userfiles/file/semupelimib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://semangkabiji.com/contents//files/96607307560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eastmanllc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76528947545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emannsltd.com/userfiles/51013371905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=finding+the+nth+term+of+a+sequence+worksheetPDF 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_off0000d3df.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD3DF 17288 bytes
SHA-256: 795884b760e65b12390776a4ec6e8650faf3dd526a5e7450dd958ab1ba653368
font_01_sfnt_off00010105.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10105 11276 bytes
SHA-256: 43aa7c3248137186f0c808db7fdf3854228823da1e011b6bcfdc86997d291d10
font_02_sfnt_off00011adf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11ADF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1