Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f039eade39206097…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.7 KB Created: 2021-09-14 04:22:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 92c04b07eed0b47d08f6549d8f2530d6 SHA-1: acca686fe303cef9c24e6c3f0e8b2c9f7a951aed SHA-256: f039eade392060973173f1f242f566a5cfd12a16c61ccbb1e96530538df53e72
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains a link farm with numerous embedded URLs pointing to various domains, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. The presence of multiple external URIs and a link farm heuristic suggests the primary purpose is to redirect users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

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 http://nadiadsa.org/userfiles/file/buluzewidoju.pdf
    • http://globalbizkorea.com/userData/board/file/bitigogo.pdf
    • http://le-lemniscus-incandescent.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/82902882492.pdf
    • https://michaels-limo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f2756dffaa---62538852740.pdf
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137e79f14d4b---xamojeludevog.pdf
    • http://debseven.net/UserFiles/File/wefawixuvevefupi.pdf
    • http://likebarcode.com/image/files/20210910_235842.pdf
    • https://kungfuclasshongkong.com/louis/taichi/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89635857025.pdf
    • https://copperscraphandlers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62588885697.pdf
    • http://tvcsoltau.de/userfiles/file/nizefaxizowalu.pdf
    • https://bisnismedsos.com/userfiles/file/zedad.pdf
    • http://gewald.ru/content/Files/8515095329.pdf
    • https://komunalno.vrgorac.hr/files/85970184532.pdf
    • https://kakakmanis.com/contents/files/71126134094.pdf
    • http://roletyhanarol.pl/files/file/65797741462.pdf
    • http://laserbeautymachine.net/d/files/dusadolapovevumifagixo.pdf
    • http://tuzvedo.hu/elemek/file/65623858604.pdf
    • http://veronicanealhome.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/2/16133c567134ba---nosuxekurapiwupipiragaj.pdf
    • https://pingthye.com/userfiles/files/84806612826.pdf
    • http://fairfresh.net/assets/admin/ckeditorimage/files/13913709525.pdf
    • http://sevimticaret.net/userfiles/file/27951807839.pdf
    • https://nasco-ye.com/uploads/file/53532495958.pdf
    • http://thegioimercedes.com/upload/files/kokoparedevovemasimiteg.pdf
    • https://nepalmicrofinancesummit.org/userfiles/files/vepezolol.pdf
    • http://benrassam.com/uploads/files/80527992402.pdf
    • http://dissanna.com/temp/fckeditor/file/42678760497.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=kali+linux+nethunter+for+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_off0000e3f9.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3F9 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000fc0b.bin
ac2693cb534294aa641734fc19a5cb2acc4f0077d2e8dd751448e580704518e2
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC0B 18884 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012d57.bin
361f92a021f372087b6ff1ba0296c7608e8c98b01a3a0388269802aee973a11e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D57 10476 bytes