Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 39e3d089efa9aaf5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.8 KB Created: 2021-07-17 05:53:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 26edabd98664d31ed0e6a6bdfef38c72 SHA-1: 26e7169e0690865218cab8e1182150bbf9552533 SHA-256: 39e3d089efa9aaf55e8141141ba51aa28bf46e72ff51d4806498dfafcb63801f
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 ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The document functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to potentially compromised websites and disposable hosting. These links are likely intended to redirect users to malicious sites or for SEO manipulation. The presence of multiple links on compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting suggests a tactic to obscure the ultimate destination and evade detection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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://seibyou-koujien.com/files/files/79341240024.pdf
    • http://pettwayfamilyreunion.com/clients/39389/File/31606349570.pdf
    • http://www.gradur.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080e55ce9648---48385347976.pdf
    • http://www.yeosung21.or.kr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1626123061.pdf
    • https://www.hungarianassociation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160763d7c9e650---jafokotimavatuwuxogixoru.pdf
    • http://atol-res.pl/uploads/file/busepubosuvigagokoga.pdf
    • https://www.advids.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c8739495c8---85473678845.pdf
    • http://ar-intl.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jurb2t6r4d278quluao8ub0s54/rufuxoravijo.pdf
    • https://www.alpha-dynamics.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160813050929f5---dotufiwafoto.pdf
    • http://www.makattakasinti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076d99875a1c---85333360045.pdf
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c92b1c22e4d---livuxipininuxaxap.pdf
    • http://christembassydocklands.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/177526e7d2e94fcab2e03ace6e0970f7/fugeneselowekodutoxomoza.pdf
    • http://www.insurancedirectcanada.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abfa2b8ff96---22166863703.pdf
    • http://skup-laptopow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609719491075e---41291331550.pdf
    • https://dentinale.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a28bd181b7adbbc249a751a94e1c9c4b/dokukubikede.pdf
    • https://sinarwaja.com/account/files/vukowofakefidagele.pdf
    • http://yilip.net/userData/board/file/70346372199.pdf
    • https://lolakarimova.uz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vuwem.pdf
    • http://pocatellocampfire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3auhjibiv0neggp5r1ai43krh9/6099363812.pdf
    • https://www.toptalentusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dde3407c133---59746838935.pdf
    • http://cpils.com/userfiles/file/ninalu.pdf
    • http://yuanjen.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61841118723.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=a+law+that+protects+citizens+against+poor+service+delivery
    • 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_off0000f2fb.bin
413420cc1ef026deb1018540562214de859a7671ae5fa3bf221bed92bb4ac635
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2FB 17176 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011fe4.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11FE4 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000137fb.bin
2bfa281cf15c09debb74f25659f2dac0bd2b7777f1429da9b315fa9be1d13afc
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x137FB 11100 bytes