Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d39d6beffe6d5502…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.4 KB Created: 2021-08-19 00:22:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 0e766d11a7970ac8d8bb997a8c588530 SHA-1: 7a04bff4d2499afcdb7de3f82cfad98a50a78bf1 SHA-256: d39d6beffe6d5502dad3748b1bb42e6e2d32da7c4a2c16f69045ff52e55a22c3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious payloads. The document's structure and numerous external URLs suggest it is part of a link farm designed to redirect users to compromised websites, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9995

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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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=world+religions+a+voyage+of+discovery+pdf+download PDF link annotation
    • http://www.cascinasorigherio.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8f92674fd0---sopipozimitapilixas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://southportrubbish.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f45b8178bd---wuduzozopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monuments-msk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/934812199771dd5be0f4474c6d930727/28474276341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaaexpressac.com/userfiles/file/jogakumemop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buyyoutubesubscribers.com/ci/userfiles/files/tajag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://melly-incendie.fr/img_db/88178024256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bechtoldpaving.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bdfe51e4e0fb566945cb069fbae1c8db/64987269752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accessiblevehicleservices.com/userfiles/file/81198381621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baovevietnam-vnss.com/upload/file/37759551534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ediliziaindustriale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dba701e649---sewaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dineflon.com//files/3040267988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stcc-sa.com/motakamel/Ups/files/94153409631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autofactory-jin.com/js/upload/files/22970316417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ngaa.org.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/detomitebosonimoliv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beachesbrewing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ab8cfa02a67ccbf2a3c3de86e6be0d79/xasedamimediwaxuvegopaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoscuolauniversale.it/userfiles/files/mefox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bioident.pl/photos_fck/file/87436782664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cir.cloud/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160881c00eccf9---garopimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://churchosonline.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f2e9c1b1784ccec086df42d7c2a455e8/73943074780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myappartement.de/web/editor/files/81278372094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vickers-electronics.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dce04e781068189243b3f31d2fa17502/nogarobapikaxajedazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn-----6kcabagcgfjsxjciriy6alkh6a7aqk.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/82dca50a21c91c793f7d8f4df0304337/xanodolupuw.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_off0000e02a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE02A 10956 bytes
SHA-256: e0f76dc67236916ae5876b89b469172fc37a63b8f6f115717b443261c80d2019
font_01_sfnt_off0000f982.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF982 17324 bytes
SHA-256: 00344b0995769c9ecf75d3bd4a5c94ca16db0fa985743f4e3889089cc9f692cb
font_02_sfnt_off00012737.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12737 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1