Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 39e05caed8279d9b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.6 KB Created: 2021-09-02 15:09:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 202714f18d8df1c71fc1ef5e08c41501 SHA-1: 5eb491443375491c1b0fd3ef9d64e0a000b7049b SHA-256: 39e05caed8279d9b5411c1aba75c012e3dcaed537ec7263238eaa135294c712f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The presence of embedded JavaScript and a high number of external URIs, many pointing to compromised or disposable hosting, strongly indicates a malicious intent. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further support this, flagging the PDF as malicious. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates redirection or further payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9935

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.
  • 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://masukpt1.com/contents//files/46763606720.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://mattstergamer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/imtjq7n8p4h7ttpnmem47te7be/60182275322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ourcampuswindow.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sobizivone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holzhaus-suedtirol.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ca135231c85---rozagepepejinofekasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stellamaris.cz/userfiles/45903093389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lostsoulsmemorialnj.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/113331aacc9f553bfaef3245115ff487/wokanegofiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leo-translate.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078b5473153d---24607134647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mtpartnersfl.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075e6d5b1c68---95442879371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ximangcampha.vn/upload/files/dinanabubanasim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nisbd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad04af18903---18258000166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxurytravel-show.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f7a2930a7a8ec7e0bf39734d64002856/99375149453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://foxtailmag.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8047f352e6c0993d6b682e757fd32f4d/tenibodasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cesishotel.lv/res/wysiwyg/file/fasanetepijijotuwovuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://propellerclubsandiego.org/uploads/files/gexoteguxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://secretlove.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57499884885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suara.ru/img/file/towixazegavonewozifipar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://titibbs.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35368722407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://milkexim.ru/imgeditor/file/dobuduwodumunulalaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thietbidienmanhcuong.com/upload/files/ribelasok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukharaalpharetta.com/sites/default/files/file/wifutofitidogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realimpacto.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f3b5a8a2d1d---64443576610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livonija.admark.lv/sites/livonija/uploads/documents/files/64854874476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metabolit-plus.ru/files/file/munanikubixozonemife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.virtualaid.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e10df817a0---xawizewewotejax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=the+annotated+african+american+folktales+pdfPDF 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_off0001086f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1086F 17952 bytes
SHA-256: 69d1b188fc7b171e4e47573c11e848a2f93c84d7c41243e2dc0517387d2d3541
font_01_sfnt_off0001374b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1374B 10940 bytes
SHA-256: 502582790fd62978ed6701c71ba473093c9e4f4ed9d563876a89cda6eb23e08f
font_02_sfnt_off00015076.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15076 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1