Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c39d4f7dab4b64bf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.4 KB Created: 2021-09-23 18:42:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 6d591d7bed400966dca036430a71f088 SHA-1: 210a9839559f2056e7411f649b4c87c03ac0591e SHA-256: c39d4f7dab4b64bf8e07d769872168ce09606f8ec485ee03400b82820057698c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics identified it as a link farm, with multiple URLs pointing to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The document body was unreadable, but the presence of numerous external links strongly supports the link farm attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://evocative.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ff60e52285---14185771954.pdf
    • https://www.lipca.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58000593590.pdf
    • http://ingmontagna.com/userfiles/files/bisiriwotogirosu.pdf
    • http://saveondealz.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/59296538956.pdf
    • http://artmetinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16146bca48b48e---53582797047.pdf
    • http://www.absolutecateringla.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ffff02beb8---ravav.pdf
    • http://gocchame.vn/app/webroot/img/uploads/files/84281399812.pdf
    • http://eau-msu.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zitugewilunasetizi.pdf
    • https://nisahanpin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/paboxopijazuwazizib.pdf
    • http://purofirstli.com/userfiles/files/xenefogotiziwododip.pdf
    • https://refundsrefunds.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161338ed519a5f---radazanivejesi.pdf
    • http://aeskulap24h.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614b031a1bfd7---46386191887.pdf
    • https://yukkumpulgroup2.com/contents/files/92992511517.pdf
    • https://himalmanpower.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69471461836.pdf
    • https://alpinashop.bg/files/xozugogenerom.pdf
    • http://accessibilite-salle-eau.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15975259533.pdf
    • https://tigapilar.com/upload/files/safumek.pdf
    • http://discarga.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135a2f48d2b8---mugofadevafupug.pdf
    • http://ave-france.com/pics/files/tuxobukasoviwaki.pdf
    • https://aguiapromocional.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136b31b6466b---figilimuku.pdf
    • https://home-consult.lu/userfiles/files/64440892505.pdf
    • https://inverpalmas.com/aym_image/files/jubisibubotunabexodoxav.pdf
    • http://phuongdonggolf.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/levej.pdf
    • https://hotelreviewreserve.com/basefile/hotelreviewreservecom/files/30797678784.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=aumentar+velocidad+wifi+android
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000b99e.bin
c6750aad55225d79356e371c6814eef863eaa84a5c90f4dcdf33c25af121073d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB99E 16812 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000e3ae.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3AE 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000fbc5.bin
8eb3f5d2170fa73283f73eadb46bde59e691b278f92ec7a71c0ab9f57b5a5c94
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBC5 10704 bytes