Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0440e0d45bbad4a0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.7 KB Created: 2021-07-01 12:55:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: a3a5ca88b8149235b998f60d2cb1d83c SHA-1: 301b2a0c21c5b63bb096bb2491886cf0e44f7a4c SHA-256: 0440e0d45bbad4a018860fd6dc4f891204c436cf3c2ce0a8bf8f2a3304e412cf
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous external URIs and link farms pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution lure. The presence of multiple distinct hosts and the use of 'utm_term' parameters indicate an attempt to direct users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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=apex+requirements+pc PDF link annotation
    • http://www.adanakursmerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d244a5ac7dc---xosuzefon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://planet-for-events.de/userfiles/file/88141205361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cbolean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9sj1jcu88fkotqpij3piajke20/61231946712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bonpetsupply.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e138e72953---sebedudesovejesupoxabopur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://annassteen.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63834004433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vizcsap.hu/files/file/93617564799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heritagelogs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tvov72uv3jgkvuj7qh52o8tdn3/8062718506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.finanzanlagen-honorarberatung.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b70d93aeb6a---82102099297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ncfouting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160878bd19c7de---22572784853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://simonhoirup.dk/userfiles/file/17006574994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betonwerkendejonge.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4ae21b56eb---pijajozixevopevavaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blog.crowdly.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079ac477e424---pujuvoliwupuvupumulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://my-natural-style.net/upload/files/59472764922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rajatotogroup3.com/contents//files/purowuvipudasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://best-infosystems.com/userfiles/file/69661251402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arizonapoolcontractor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160810141478c6---44645645996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://files.ibiza-ferien.de/file/sonoridupijusuzebigowir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rebel-guitars.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f61bb735e067b511f4e99b2120d4f99/15994070926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pr-jam.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75285649484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mosoptagro.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ed7d118472e05a6400e555691ff8ebd/56083775140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3handseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3d1541d9f3---43048883585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aven.su/userfiles/file/24813811565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirks-pool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a92abc6e28e---40075533238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bracyfamilyreunion.com/clients/c/c2/c2db1a97f769835965582c74015c7782/File/nupesabaxopezowumupux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160733bb8d9ee0---5286151545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://empirepin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/sazogasexebeke.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_off0000fba8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBA8 17156 bytes
SHA-256: 92c6ac38aa82735795ba1b9135f769cb305f704bccd5e928a34fe3029dc33b41
font_01_sfnt_off000127fa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x127FA 10536 bytes
SHA-256: c7ab6fd794ac39b27ac426875eb2b49979852795dc1c0319c271ee3600ce4f30
font_02_sfnt_off00014005.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14005 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1