Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fd39422843f94f8a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.4 KB Created: 2021-09-06 14:26:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 9bed2f69af58ae8fa293b47e53440244 SHA-1: 93afc90d5fa1c03a0fa007f734022a29a33ff381 SHA-256: fd39422843f94f8a24cbfb6554e8cfdc4dd53fc6900a9e8f3346146ebd33ffef
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to numerous other PDF files hosted on compromised websites, a common technique for phishing or distributing further malware. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of multiple links to unknown PDF files suggests a coordinated effort to lure victims.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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://aljuboori.com/userfiles/files/popasimexovuxekadexulexi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://kleinschaden.expert/userfiles/file/zovogewisafativibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oknookna.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090a6eb46c9c---79720651863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.financedeclined.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611ab69c0ff96---kapisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://criteriacambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jur2s9dcbg9g10up9f2cesooc8/2028383054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comodee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160891b509487c---wikoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carpanea.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/268605f96c1f5c3a6b777ea9b25b5ed6/nupexoveg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://commonlawhouse.in/userfiles/file/37181202049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpha-cp.com/userfiles/file/wipinupik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lederstuhlshop.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2992420934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autotrilogy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/51bd79851d297f892595217b1e480149/5291834667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allg-gyn.ch/userfiles/file/bepozulexidupunumorirub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://getawaynewzealand.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084cd4402caf---77451463292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.se/upload/27140709749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namastehealth.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u18es76ffc9nnp05vore7u6ndl/vudekowavikixefekapejapeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.abcklima.hu//data/editorfile/gaduwakomezenebefir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartcookieacademy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a41a303d421---51142708518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sh8ke.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b917d1007f---26477377259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhythmcprandfirstaid.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d7e7d351b8ed012d540e9c0491152d1/53059848541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nib1qi7frsasapc1np6a04urk4/mikibup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onlineticketreview.com/images/file/3026483784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mpti.ru/userfiles/file/26698358323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schouteninterieurwerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608601224982a---vuzosaluradizaloruxotav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=bourdieu+distinction+summary+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_off0000ee5a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE5A 11004 bytes
SHA-256: 1a85cbca3684339915b887480b0163ea24f4bfc8feb1ca8065459d1a8a2a401b
font_01_sfnt_off00010801.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10801 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012013.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12013 18524 bytes
SHA-256: 653eb6acc28814448c41b6bab4ea23f2a5a706d711b98b3c8ec097c95a135f1e