Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 39d4f2515d059989…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.4 KB Created: 2021-07-13 05:01:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 1bb45f83f2d9106c3d6f6caade3b8a48 SHA-1: 234661044f7a476b569f25ee0324600cd5d8eed2 SHA-256: 39d4f2515d059989999f47acce2e748a72400adfa0f8ebc6ad5fcd3ee746eef8
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was identified as malicious by multiple heuristics and an ML classifier, with ClamAV detecting it as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. The file functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs that point to compromised CMS upload storage, likely to host and distribute further malicious content. The primary attack pattern involves directing users to these compromised sites, which may then attempt to exploit vulnerabilities or deliver additional malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://www.tif.cn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ln146hbt6n1hahprvu5mth5uav/67092742951.pdf
    • https://luminex.pl/upload/file/zaxifesaxoku.pdf
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160764955bd66c---botexiv.pdf
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084a25978e2b---mekagasa.pdf
    • https://floridaholidayplanner.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/55ff0ed57b70d8905c99908e62e5f994/34650549962.pdf
    • http://profisystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f9b6037392---67254841364.pdf
    • http://namlongprojects.com/images/uploads/files/wirelimobefevuxatopisa.pdf
    • https://kicksomeglass.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cfe742f39357d456c2148f1bf6bbb08b/8066780913.pdf
    • http://paulsaperstein.com/userfiles/files/zalafu.pdf
    • http://robbinsfamilyhealthcare.com/clients/2/2c/2c787fa606fc56c3a3a24dfc5409695f/File/70626863482.pdf
    • http://www.stallionreadymix.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160761a9845e25---6070462166.pdf
    • http://workcoop.org/fckeditor/userimages/file/20210630034930.pdf
    • http://skolicka.eu/foto/images/file/87914865433.pdf
    • http://www.thebetterinsurance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089cb91493d5---25660845314.pdf
    • http://lbtech.kr/upfile/files/35252059750.pdf
    • http://johndanton.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/24278907702.pdf
    • http://sp3siemianowice.pl/userFiles/files/39327289811.pdf
    • http://chocolatycakes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a49e04e0ed5---loninodomomet.pdf
    • https://fenixfalt.com/userfiles/file/vadukejukifavebupu.pdf
    • https://www.simcoerecovery.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mk56nbhhr7mqkukeaivioqfgk5/22697555894.pdf
    • http://www.belladermeestetica.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080b875724b7---16109803052.pdf
    • http://irk-yoga.ru/upload/files/todorure.pdf
    • http://alexlunacoach.com/img/editor/file/waxufexabunadoziretes.pdf
    • http://newtrierreunion1962.com/clients/6/64/64567561842b0bbd40b956adda0282a7/File/26129571026.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=waterfall+camping+tennessee
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e09d.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE09D 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f8b4.bin
8d1abc0619c23afbab52073ccf4227cf46d07f4702ca8c1fea6d53d90f1f44ab
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8B4 10696 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001113b.bin
047460bdc7ff2b17d3e1e699f002100cd93e3742199843196571ccfb011a7d3f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1113B 16464 bytes