Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 939897332d6a6256…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.8 KB Created: 2021-09-07 18:32:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: da70a65fe1f21a7255f9c3410d62f906 SHA-1: a65fb019a00e5d9f3bd84ab84bd9580a48353870 SHA-256: 939897332d6a6256e611fca4d02b3d37237073e7f10cc9726aa560c6bec9f25f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs that point to various domains, many of which are associated with compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a pattern of creating numerous links on disposable hosting, often used to manipulate search engine rankings for malicious purposes. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support the malicious nature of this PDF, likely serving as a lure for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.7657

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
  • PDF differential parser failed info PDF_DIFFERENTIAL_PARSE_FAILED
    The cross-check parser (pdfminer.six) failed on this file: PDF differential parser failed: PDFSyntaxError. Static heuristics still ran and any of their findings above are valid; only the differential cross-check signal is missing.
  • 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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=photography+books+for+beginners+pdf+download PDF link annotation
    • http://ahchala.com/img/file/48511126034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://firmykominkowe.pl/Obrazki/edytor/file/57830232671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://musikkursus.dk/userfiles/file/27017006790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.acetechnology.co.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ctlqpejgkig922p2bab9uv3e8k/45093686217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cosplay-expo.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kimemuginazodosenizeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fence-alarm.com/userfiles/files/89288247188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lactopad.com/uploads/files/wapakapibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tccsrl.org/userfiles/files/godapudim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mollis.rs//files/69796965006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wlao.on.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/923af29584ee119486628048bad5bd07/lefedajegidek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gotoko.com/cmsv2/upload/files/pelirepozobamegoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bowenpainter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae5e6b0c59d---64613600606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://argekaucuk.com/nbg/upload/files/88504326292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://penal-garazh.ru/files/45677197468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altelaw.com/uploads/image/file/dumebaseravum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canadiancontractorservices.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/27tse2549ju3lif281u2kr4p66/totuzade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.suffaheducation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160861897e96e2---22568860751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://karatenarrewarren.com.au/ckfinder/userfiles/files/logivetel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://etonbio.com/newsLetters/images/file/29587141846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diagonal.org.ar/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609236769ad03---vozotolekuzexusexewom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drthchowdary.net/userfiles/file/safezakenesatula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://queuemanagementsystems.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a350e3dabe6---93857490804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.training4thefuture.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160725fb70d593---23902927791.pdfIn 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_off0000e4ba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4BA 11208 bytes
SHA-256: 0f28440a54dd641b96fba5556cbdf79d3883d923f7f08dcd9bd64ceac9dad439
font_01_sfnt_off0000fe9f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE9F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000116b1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116B1 18316 bytes
SHA-256: 6786ba6d99c6d6b2fccac2bbe6bae8b1bda393287d54e9004d6d277297673dbb