Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4c39b9c5b073f260…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.8 KB Created: 2021-09-07 18:14:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 742b3609d55dc099707a186201ffecf4 SHA-1: 79d55081825627939ac251ee3abd3b3550e7a61f SHA-256: 4c39b9c5b073f26018899d84a1a64ef54377f8fdbd0a601ad9617ac268270599
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating it's a phishing or trojan attempt. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm used to distribute malicious content or redirect users. The primary lure appears to be a fake offer for PDF manipulation software, disguised as a legitimate download.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=free+download+pdf+split+and+merge+software PDF link annotation
    • http://aberdeeneyes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ace2b030ff6---66235321867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parisautotravel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gt9pn24j1t1d5htdvl59m21575/94565983719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kapsalonvogue.nl/files/file/pigevapanepamebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leunamgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ddcab3dfa28e535bc3b13fe5a00878a/22253938432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ag-concept.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c840c6ffca149720ea146e6a6e499eaa/gafoderatolamodizowafaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fixafilm.se/userfiles/file/janugomolezikadaruzaziwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earthchartercities.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dda0c5555a---49125757337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://estigotours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/73c872fbc23ecc88996f7336bb04bf24/zotamuraraguretaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tkpmission.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc15a379d59---derivawilanorowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--o39a91gvwm83kbsn.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210730_5B122586B43948E2.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.telsercom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093b87694c98---bejamekopiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spandoekland.nl/userfiles/file/bibulebiwudetipujifav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://01host.ru/userfiles/files/93012279584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mouaumfb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078e19c322d3---25639757988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rasmesafar.net/basefile/basefiles/68941923228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gulbaharsigorta.com/contentData/file/98534849300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidcosz.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s3ubv0muc461ql608ek7eliao9/titivibonumibuvazow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.supercarrentalsofmiami.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afcab60228e---nitiluwaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://midel.me/userfiles/file/winoxelujorulef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiaviews.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ji1q26qmpupqca75hk9rtgfb5/bevixipejuwaxov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swimproject.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3563d095eb9ef944ee66e363adc4dcad/81749486136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ohappy.org/userData/board/file/zonesovok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lagunaapartman.hu/images/user/file/1846422608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://profisystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a543d604fb---kurunuzexejaxejezuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://desushibar.com/userfiles/file/99747679447.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_off0000e7a8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7A8 17120 bytes
SHA-256: 1a76e0b783a0142a61875195c8cbaed47da6f8fb7af69c2a7484efca994183cf
font_01_sfnt_off0001140a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1140A 10904 bytes
SHA-256: cf3835801714bc3dbd0c520fb237eeb86e9787c1d4575aef5e075de984974ced
font_02_sfnt_off00012d14.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D14 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1