Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 39e2fe1197926488…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.3 KB Created: 2021-06-26 20:05:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 77a0bca8ba333d2cd768b67fb837bd35 SHA-1: e31822bbba23f0dc15db9c1c47f7199feed21c12 SHA-256: 39e2fe119792648800e320dec7713cdb2c240f464c0308b034ddb0811e207a66
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior are consistent with techniques used to lure victims into downloading further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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 https://ballestermultiservicios.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2e02ece926---turexalaniratuvadago.pdf
    • https://adbadog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/659addd734c54cee1a5ad0e6fbe55055/gupaginojigofiziber.pdf
    • http://www.kidnuri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac27de6f0bb---vokabozabulike.pdf
    • http://www.uppld.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078c4e2007da---bamibanu.pdf
    • http://www.nationaalgolfcongres.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abf4b046a13---govepide.pdf
    • https://prtl.pl/userfiles/file/59954118827.pdf
    • http://allprintusa.com/admin/images/file/zuromirusemisogabulamer.pdf
    • https://paron-rebondir.com/uploads/files/48784226128.pdf
    • http://bright-mineral.com/uploadfile/file/2021062007265515.pdf
    • https://djhelaly.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/547105839b0defcdcf5c0e17d9696599/jokoralivukubopix.pdf
    • http://premiumresourcing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095e06251801---geropujovofepejofaforu.pdf
    • https://www.masismarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f869fc3bc6ce5d3b32cc4342289cdc56/rosazu.pdf
    • http://thepokewave.com/uploads/files/77792691843.pdf
    • http://adria-ex.com/69770659106.pdf
    • http://www.appsolutely.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cae14a926a---32552235327.pdf
    • http://jockmurray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3e3aaecf17---72633208485.pdf
    • http://fygl.net/uploads/file/280347431392.pdf
    • http://lilit-realty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/su2u6un8eifku6luq3lu980dp0/16891717723.pdf
    • http://elite-nails.pl/Upload/file/48621292606.pdf
    • http://angelojrobles.com/admin_initial_test/userfiles/file/22176271150.pdf
    • https://www.geosuiteonline.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608466dc53ad7---dijigamutomorutifavuf.pdf
    • https://finestblogger.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o9sjamdcbglnj66iuuoh80jb5o/84986221863.pdf
    • http://cedule-plachty.cz/files/file/radebovirifer.pdf
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f19efc76e2---dajomaxokemefexotir.pdf
    • http://ipjanah.ir/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sd4mos1tt0qchpdov4rtosb6q2/raguz.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=apex+friendship+middle+school
    • 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_off0000dd40.bin
44a41cf1640a06706f07d05ccc00a19c91678fa1a1f9e7e55e641df6eab9d7d1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD40 17456 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010b58.bin
377f9db32669dac30aab5d7fd8b198cf94449ff4a461ed878c0305262e3d37c4
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B58 10708 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000123af.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123AF 16792 bytes