Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 39ded14f3ee5ec8a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

110.1 KB Created: 2021-07-06 16:17:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: c025cee53217f6171fffc5b8d7d97924 SHA-1: 1bb8fc4545167f44345d09a23a8fd160ad3c971e SHA-256: 39ded14f3ee5ec8a126df58c4a5db523b1773ef0aaa356c56fc1692da199b147
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and a machine learning classifier indicated a high probability of maliciousness. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of a 'download' button lure further supports a phishing or malware distribution intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9780

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://www.revistadefiesta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3c163d96a2---detibefogawuzum.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://johndanton.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/82561041777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grafitpoint.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7de48a1818119745d675a9f4ae890d1b/79215229054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flygarfield.net/userfiles/file/dasulevolovisupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wahibluedevils76.com/clients/5/55/55d7338a7abcce318bc847d7f34994f5/File/89126520412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opakowania-loga.pl/zdjecia/fotki/file/xujagagezapazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eyetracking.pl/userfiles/file/wawulijapujifijazavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acecaalcoy.com/userfiles/file/2630149814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cortopolis.ar/userfiles/file/53140792223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://projectbudapest.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2d9fa6f3ad---48617054726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majorisinvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b3f049662d---xosadasumilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noithatkuongthinh.com/uploads/files/nurezujopijajebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binhruamuinanobac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8mcio4p3cs1to5u0oc9skfic4r/67573120453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.photobreak.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abf9c7cfc3e---ridisamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peplex.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7aaa90f05d---somirajafox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bancodevida.com/bancodevida/admin/images/image/file/2230439164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saunadlaciebie.pl/userfiles/file/92229062323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/096145af4c70cab2db8c3b98d2f537ff/13138653193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hopkins1983.com/clients/861771/File/44946967448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.guestquesttravelmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kq9kkj4c32gclqebgi5milorgp/wigafamomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blackknowledge.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3fe72888c8220f19b66b7a96852d6d05/vorixozate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stbenedikt.ch/userfiles/files/tebedasupepokatebifera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sitebyside.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a5af047487b0279cb27e3bd60973ea6/30618890334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://premiumresourcing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c155b43e6f4---12527144927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.christinemartin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160823f784b56f---62128394721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://auf.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/opechdbd6d0n24k6b4pe2u0b74/marafibunime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://locnuocvietmy.com/Images_upload/files/40541126953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://selectwifi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc27e8e41cd---26472223749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=rbs+normal+valuePDF 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_off00014b83.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14B83 10432 bytes
SHA-256: 945a9d20f3299b9f76d09af677b54ba993f124d52f236936861d7811340d9065
font_01_sfnt_off0001632e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1632E 18188 bytes
SHA-256: 8a5bdea0245948a6403c732129e1b94785da270bbfedcce29c978d1deaabd0b0
font_02_sfnt_off000192f7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x192F7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1