Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 439adb4fc315c582…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.9 KB Created: 2021-06-30 23:58:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: f448a651fd126aa6abb8910cb1405479 SHA-1: d263ae270256abd5620dbacfad6700ff09a0c3c4 SHA-256: 439adb4fc315c582f10a6a4631804c1a28d4ecff4962c20e72c1e5b2b18ed270
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was detected by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and flagged by an ML classifier, indicating malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The primary purpose appears to be directing users to external sites, likely for phishing or to download further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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
  • 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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=sore+on+the+inside+of+my+cheek PDF link annotation
    • http://espressobuilders.com/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/50529242600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fobiy.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f242bd6d33f604e0cc25ce71b269317/liwigot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polloricowings.com/uploads/files/zunojepipatusiziwaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://konferencii.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69897934013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akssert.com/userfiles/files/pikozigobekofoxuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alibabashipping.com/userfiles/file/tadoxirusesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://snqrsl.quebec/upload/editor/file/ridivonosusivodiwubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wakingbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c8e6b68e23---gemizer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.advokat.com/app/webroot/img/fck/file/98483547486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://t4g.nasscomfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n1925qvfft3iir866o314bolc5/40262203909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://legacydockandmarine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c005928123f8ccc8121df3836b419834/zofanoduxewesepite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fabrykakonwersji.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2eb2b8d6db1b50a086b000c0ff23be4d/zapuvuzavululepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chinacimctrailer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dbef5861fadbfa215d6714f80f683b56/75324990674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bikinibody.be/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k2pc3ss5upm3stg4mtnlnm3vdi/30228120155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://schreinerheusi.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078af2b46cd8---lufoderogikefizuvekegep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chinacimctrailer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/673ce3019e8abd399863edc37293b8c4/55004849194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hfdjet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/46d946dee3caecf82434a60d60a7bf24/sadalufelezug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://playerpress.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23773834954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peopleoftheheath.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080abb7a671b---jixezavoru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hcibatiment.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a67ef7f38d5---79718605184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.publicitymailing.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a148767e5f8---soxaniberokip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pharmawell.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19028734403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000dd4d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD4D 10812 bytes
SHA-256: eae5961ebf4e5cc5402e1c14b202becf33113878ec810e35319ea76beb8947d9
font_01_sfnt_off0000f60a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF60A 17124 bytes
SHA-256: 7d61c03184278c5b2262e91d684e46d1d0b20c2cf32b2f43e3d51be4e6ae6b57
font_02_sfnt_off0001227b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1227B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1