Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d39b4bb44a08699d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.8 KB Created: 2021-09-06 14:18:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: f5cba900a442397c25737bba3e43bb5a SHA-1: 6462e6ef040a8e7bb8b07debfa9ee193a0d60ab3 SHA-256: d39b4bb44a08699d616f346e89aa1fd93c30660fd902395110c226811c7f7a50
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and numerous external links are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://fotokeramika.bg/userfiles/file/pefonukatuladovefanexuzu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://pvsystexperts.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4n9rvlto0a2nd3c8s7gcd7r165/fewevibutemunovipiziva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cplastik.cz/data/cms/file/12176623058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geology.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611282caf1e3c---zetinevusejazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chuyennhakienvangvn.net/upload/files/xetamekijajikititi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://119hero.kr/userData/board/file/49385494295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankreich-ferien.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3b390c603f---fejaputesinonezupewuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083d7a29510f---tinukiguzagodijebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://censcakmu.org/board/file/files/87302612821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bellezaeimagen.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160858c06eeb22---45021923186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.inhd.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9b265be595---muvufevojemuredosexaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medipratik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d8343da9076---79086738201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dermo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160704fc5ca328---23912933448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chelseafoodmart.com/uploads/files/22241306377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://devison-matras.com/upload/file/46074695395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dishdivvy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/292b3b02ce3150a7ede9ba5f0c2e2150/regogora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theflightfest.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610134ee67c46---67692577872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://martensmgt.com/business_school/uploads/file/94285740228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwingssuffolk1.com/uploads/files/94070382661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marksiegeldds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0a7a5fcbb92e96ab7210b95fa3efa58d/tosoluzumiwewojabijifeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.revistadefiesta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607854ac5becb---neluwefix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nacyc.jp/Upload/file/talejaxozeranalavugoxaziz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://welltowork.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e732eb79458bfac56eed1120d1137cd1/tamotepinajeledere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--faade-mtal-p6a3a.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gemelebex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=antonio+agostinho+neto+pdfPDF 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_off0000cef3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCEF3 23412 bytes
SHA-256: b0292f9912094219c86888db6791182415cf7e2d3a5e7e102aa0229513618bcf
font_01_sfnt_off0001095a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1095A 10612 bytes
SHA-256: eefda90b2a8617dab9ab64d64aa1f81dbaa595df65ad0013bbf90ab6274aa574
font_02_sfnt_off00012167.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12167 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1