Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 839e9bdd0cac079a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.5 KB Created: 2021-08-08 17:22:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: f274159b3bcb91f9efbf8d84e9608c7e SHA-1: 9e7dd0f44256b4aa8d86871488a306dd94bb2694 SHA-256: 839e9bdd0cac079a5e6c6f60ab439a0cebe1b500234c921a33af1bed42b6f06b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs that form a link farm, a common technique for phishing or malware distribution. Heuristics indicate these links point to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final destination. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports a malicious classification.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://www.520amis.com/upload/files/gawomolafojavusimosobo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sellmysayarah.com/userfiles/files/gumivosudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klawiatury-foliowe.pl/_data/file/zerapiwatutirasaxulit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuanjen.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vejudolinezapurur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cdscabling.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b559f71083---60293975565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mwflower.com/upimagesfile///86221799200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akapacha.com/userfiles/file/kusuvakefomewazadunipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercedesbenzofaustinservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b136e8a89b---50067368689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iworking.vn/uploads/files/58969509482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://21cedu.com/pds/userfiles/files/migefurulekufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wamsconference.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/12f4e9c6eea666010ce54daf4030874b/24072006379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1atlanticfunding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087a6ce519f2---kikalefofamip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuifan.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-5/20210505202054457330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fortlauderdale-carservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f0b4c0fc4e---25029725474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mostex.sk/files/articles/file/85004851290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thelawchamber.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e92d964ca4f---ligajamovafidagakozut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gauravkankariya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fmr0qnpgnhv144atum5e2g1et5/47767149131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jcon-aps.dk/userfiles/file/ribara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lamekatus.ee/uploads/ckeditor/files/39383514346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rescue.bg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcea875c79e---xobuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coloreverything.love/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/767125a3a49d563b5a7cba3881108f8b/xufanixatoxapumuxuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.coconutlodge.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c63a8e432ff---62240230251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terezmisszio.eu/files/file/36944547909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=red+book+pdf+free+downloadPDF 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_off0000fb4b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB4B 10496 bytes
SHA-256: 99e74d9f4eefbb8edffa1df4e34acd8bbd1ae92984410203834b7868d2bee19c
font_01_sfnt_off00011316.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11316 17356 bytes
SHA-256: b45244b938c092cef74eac6e2213e88152da2641ba6b48a1ae836f869ef6517a
font_02_sfnt_off00014085.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14085 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1