Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 39e5bba9f90f3061…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.5 KB Created: 2021-07-18 03:52:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 9686a3e8040a1e98b0c5213d5be6a6b8 SHA-1: 4c5a0aa917bf47f72d524801710ca3e89ca67f54 SHA-256: 39e5bba9f90f30619daef5c9de220348fa8bb35d6399351a0b9f3dc0ff0f0bc9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://benqmusicworkshop.com/fupload/file/vaponebiwiwo.pdf
    • https://revapackers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/67h0r756t2238jkfhbl36ekb5k/69564184244.pdf
    • https://elitteaccesorios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1nb7g1bjca8ja8idvap0arrhk4/faximomixoxiga.pdf
    • https://xn--mietkndigungsrecht-best-gpc.de/userfiles/file/xibavadusizosiwesikejiza.pdf
    • http://dlt-nkp.com/fileupload//file/19138186033.pdf
    • http://dirabrealtors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160881ebaa7138---20576575439.pdf
    • https://kermoulin.com/userfiles/file/62892847593.pdf
    • http://geology.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e17a380a5f---28805037277.pdf
    • https://atlastoursntravels.com/userfiles/file/6191530395.pdf
    • http://akcjonariusz.com/UserFiles/file/jopulalizirajipusib.pdf
    • http://www.marcado.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1b8f665dc9---gufowemazewifupusokak.pdf
    • http://www.shadowrangers.live/img/files/71002078283.pdf
    • http://erkerlaender.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3a3ccd5102---timisuvotitosutale.pdf
    • http://call.ae/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b9adbcef1f---fakixilatuxogatepotanuma.pdf
    • http://laser-piskovani.cz/democms/userfiles/file/61256984706.pdf
    • https://shaplaconsulting.com/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kuvexoxamub.pdf
    • https://schreinerheusi.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2af8e5d68a---gipopatatifenukadufu.pdf
    • http://bitite.lv/media/txt/122/file/bepibupub.pdf
    • https://www.yoursurveysurveyors.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a526c61a7e9---3522138534.pdf
    • http://www.grifin.sk/files/37280702986.pdf
    • https://mygoaltv.com/ipp/images/uploads/files/37702134475.pdf
    • http://finalstage.biz/js/upload/files/fonolatexolegitekizox.pdf
    • https://trucraftsmanship.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c430731c026---xivepulifoxuwazowelijuwaj.pdf
    • https://www.ibyservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7c64bf2fb44915433d6d5f4e846d07ac/xigikofasuselot.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=scriptures+on+unity+in+the+church
    • 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_off0000fc68.bin
515c199a531612b16af21fad7cc940f3523b2050f8d5873f7881aa274e661163
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC68 17084 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000128a6.bin
ea62c17f9c48d0381d89fe6dc991d35da34d975e21f336628f86c72485d21468
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x128A6 10552 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000140a8.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x140A8 16792 bytes