Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 39fc3a1048056623…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.7 KB Created: 2021-09-17 11:51:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 4596beddcd12e5fff064fc0b3afdc491 SHA-1: 694cd566cf7dc34e384de1fae77be9aa6023e836 SHA-256: 39fc3a104805662312599ebb45e94f154282cc24653244d9b3b68ccfe9a0bf07
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to deliver second-stage payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=queen+of+shadows+sarah+j+maas+pdf
    • http://vaness-sens.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pupilewunigan.pdf
    • http://prodesign31.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161380be1130f6---vikinu.pdf
    • http://ecogestval.com/userfiles/file/2170697787.pdf
    • http://ulv-fogger.ru/d/files/11316115429.pdf
    • https://rarahil.org.np/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87732191664.pdf
    • http://enjoybowlramenandpoke.com/uploads/files/20644387692.pdf
    • http://liveranigioielli.it/userfiles/files/sinafukepetexugi.pdf
    • https://isagrinio.gr/userfiles/89530326586.pdf
    • https://tarzminder.com/resimler/files/35417796378.pdf
    • https://aldaserwis.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/niwukeregowenezobax.pdf
    • https://flylights.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jccgj3b7vq75llmv84fc3kus9n/gidebetefelomurezu.pdf
    • http://architettoseneca.com/userfiles/files/68373817899.pdf
    • http://bergfin.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161397e70ae7e2---8488408726.pdf
    • https://b7b.reviewz.eu/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/90595893291.pdf
    • https://eecpowerindia.com/codelibrary/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/boverorigumitimiwizi.pdf
    • http://brilliantsolarpaneling.com/userfiles/file/68768258391.pdf
    • https://robert-zauer.cz/userfiles/file/78382036594.pdf
    • http://bangdinhphucat.com/quangbasanpham/app/webroot/upload/image/files/sovurusakegokebe.pdf
    • http://thomas-zigon.de/images/file/delozufo.pdf
    • http://didaconcept.com/admin/fckeditor/file/8477505337.pdf
    • https://pakistanchristiancongress.org/userfiles/file/8554482544.pdf
    • http://csc-021.com/userfiles/file/20210901112518_zlkjrg.pdf
    • https://altaitur.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93457407987.pdf
    • http://madiagranitosilano.it/userfiles/files/78946173191.pdf
    • 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_off0000e9d4.bin
9c97b42772bc37fb7b518e5ae4196f79a2eff099df13ba06d3c7c7621b8eed80
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9D4 18900 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011bd6.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11BD6 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000133ed.bin
3d0594e28338a446c01100b69fab68c600aefa6b10406f9a050c1dadcab7f521
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x133ED 10900 bytes