Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 439d19961904aa3e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.9 KB Created: 2021-09-03 18:56:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 37048f6f3993b3b7a70876775c1c64d7 SHA-1: b7b6da173d7a4e30548e11bb6de47db3b44dffc0 SHA-256: 439d19961904aa3ec17769ef8f1e517b0f7ea98ef2b920e759a6d7c84768be15
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, with heuristics indicating embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code, likely to download further payloads or redirect users to phishing sites. The numerous external links, many using 'utm_term' parameters, indicate a phishing or spamming campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=pizzazz+math+book+a+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://cisseo.net/userfiles/files/18872776142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://savvyais.com/userfiles/file/35281519778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digifast.cz/userfiles/jamikabewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://charterboatdeliverance.com/uploads/files/69378971343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.financedeclined.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f8bf58910fd---78858591817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuli-china.ru/d/files/35625334137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://securityguardsupply.org/php/uploads/file/17470679700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://free-spirit-city.eu/uploads/wysiwyg/files/jekorat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accapierre.it/userfiles/files/26598345339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://khabul.mn/mmpa/userfiles/files/98656483654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zopfitravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a981b61197f---vutikusurugurulapolebonut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klimagra.pl/images/wysiwyg_img/file/sejujegajop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f3203d8cb29---dosema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uyaviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160815c60173e0---83895210718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iso-clean.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160930759cd040---43881262996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garageanything.com/js/upload/files/88484507451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://addsfly.com/userfiles/file/34238357034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://choiceenergynetwork.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cef2c4bd420c256c69033dd36d415c09/duxipelapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.die-umzugsfabrik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c03e516511---fepizibixekiduk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rebates.forex/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kj9ia8c9gtta24rend4kn3let2/fumasatupopevujoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ds4itge1plsjvro1umfjrq00m4/76259704121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.garriagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160924873f34df---musiwejef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://turystyka.powiatlubartowski.pl/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/madofekegekelotaxegapuzeb.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_off0000d533.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD533 17724 bytes
SHA-256: 6fde6415c38d0ea73f39fd907fd0a0fd5736bdda0634c9cca7522e3e9266d240
font_01_sfnt_off00010298.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10298 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011aaf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11AAF 10504 bytes
SHA-256: a226666fc369eb8bef463c30e6dd906fcda1f28ff448c78ee79a5660f5d12a6b