Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d39f029a13481bbd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.7 KB Created: 2021-07-14 01:49:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: f0c72696b0f0adf05994aef816ee737c SHA-1: ede11d699f579ac3ca2770804459c6a474d74777 SHA-256: d39f029a13481bbd7d03a6bfe4f5ec5aa6fe81474aac3b10e8aa7804dbc11ef3
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to various domains, many of which are associated with compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of malicious redirection tactics.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=write+the+verbs+in+the+correct+tense
    • http://ankurgroups.com/userfiles/file/ditaboxel.pdf
    • http://www.multigacos.com/admin/uploaded/fck/file/senam.pdf
    • http://aven.su/userfiles/file/palukusabuvapetegerisilik.pdf
    • https://coastalstudio.com/images/main/file/10175229228.pdf
    • https://www.hontoys.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05dc2aqs688g5nbud48i57dpl5/tevumovivopup.pdf
    • https://a1-recruitment.fr/v2011/Files/fck_upload/file/zegazijifuxisoweniguxibi.pdf
    • https://angkalaris.com/contents//files/98557957185.pdf
    • https://www.vigo.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2f672886fc---40515344807.pdf
    • http://savitaco.com/uploads/images/files/9229404076.pdf
    • http://www.norestim.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fdcff48740---rimirivitaf.pdf
    • http://livinglearningandworking.org/clients/e/e0/e05af8355f71d8da3aa90f500b9284b3/File/nemifarofokamir.pdf
    • https://dentinale.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/85335e628ce0163ba7d4efcb28810950/zofitexid.pdf
    • https://dfa-finanz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075e4c57db87---96608776499.pdf
    • http://xn--80aaffebba2apgigwiiececnggk9e4k.xn--p1ai/pict/file/44757257448.pdf
    • https://wccia-vastu.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ecf8e63d394d539f53cde47ade2b200/rigowenas.pdf
    • https://siphouse96.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/94774c8001dd3bf7954944aede7d3ecc/pulipuvitesakuzixatofetad.pdf
    • http://www.predoisiasociatii.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607886b4ad470---70845795853.pdf
    • https://noihoithanhtuan.com/media/ftp/file/vuzorufegu.pdf
    • http://wallsfamily1912.com/clients/876683/File/kobiremefurekufodafavo.pdf
    • http://www.accl-calibration.com/login/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jigaxalimeri.pdf
    • https://visualarchive.bg/files/fiwatiludutikimero.pdf
    • http://footstepfloor.com/upfiles/files/17550041942.pdf
    • 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_off0000fc88.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC88 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001149a.bin
801a97e203b24d1cd29887d00a414e0dac80c495184da97957b0b868286ee013
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1149A 17544 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00014254.bin
11e38b8f55499ae3557321bffeaeb3c07da8184fcfbc04360f0b0210c4932d06
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14254 10320 bytes