Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 39e7e6a29cb6f23d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.6 KB Created: 2021-09-02 09:14:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 8efa278585b99029328655d78eba5d1b SHA-1: 635fb4f5c276331d48df007179003008444cd63f SHA-256: 39e7e6a29cb6f23d61e3338ba473cc886a4097670bf9076eb10e0eac50124258
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF was identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing lure. It contains a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress uploads, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or redirect users. The presence of a click-outward action and the document's small size further support its use as a deceptive lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9992

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 69 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://carlaschroyen.com/content_docs/25331759389.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://nhanvietgroup.com/demo/xay-dung-tnx/upload/files/radum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://himalayakebab.com/shipinc/userfiles/files/zewevixux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aj-logistics.com/stock/userfiles/file/gesutokodon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://es-umzuege-transporte.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/103626d2d6b9759287cb865ea9ce9ba4/ratizukaruligigoru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stallionreadymix.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cf9d920bb5---20187983046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j1lr7lnto8ocbfc20anr5iui93/fomipowemetidoleno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.singaporemedicalclinic.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fitenanedugefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gyogytornasz.hu/editor_up/47224980844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sanier.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qkn4q586ljao59ovdg3qc8540e/duwix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paperland.bg/uploads/file/66735248517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medicalalliedtraining.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607845deeb5d2---3082032143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vivelamusica.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079638e44f8e---dasaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ocw.tw/uploads/files/kiduvumuluv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.amiunaorchestra.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082c4b096887---61407349436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://airshow-bg.com/file/tufevatane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.focus.mu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/381306fe532c77c476a74636ae20cb8a/1703218125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://profesa.net/userFilesfile/zofib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cdb984d3b1---61164331183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dtcprojects.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a5mu8n0vavbbn1rteh75ekpnc/95316888208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bluetact.com/locktactyuma/userfiles/file/51991580770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://babamoleskine.com/files/file/31489036971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sweden2020reunion.com/clients/e/e2/e2375cbe45a1e08e95d3a39ca41e84e3/File/totuxitovaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bugaboo-buffalo.eu/UserFiles/File/pojojotelatojuziwewekinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=sulfur+and+sulfatePDF 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_off0000b636.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB636 10308 bytes
SHA-256: c869db138b8cb7e68cf407f4e108356cfbad278d2255a8ccb1b08e456eed77a8
font_01_sfnt_off0000cd93.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD93 13696 bytes
SHA-256: be73f571a953fa099fd8e30a66109e66e05c5b567ca744b9fc4952957b690e99
font_02_sfnt_off0000eef7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEF7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1