Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 140c35d376730e4c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.8 KB Created: 2021-09-08 03:36:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: e03cdb970315fac9a1eb192c8aca0608 SHA-1: 65efe9d61e2f851a0833655de161c750108c80f7 SHA-256: 140c35d376730e4ca4d071bee1b268ea77f8250c3bb0b6ba3686ad5b65ba5257
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a phishing or trojan payload. It contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The primary purpose appears to be directing users to malicious content or further stages of infection through these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=social+emotional+worksheets+for+preschoolers PDF link annotation
    • http://optimus.org.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac0fcb5eeb0---55692533493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myupfield.link/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eeiuqgi3jv3t3iuopb5ats46og/domeniwipumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bewegeninarnhem.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d0888b77c2---lemuvenom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://egyptsuntours.com/userfiles/files/48164583764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jdbailbonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e1dedd493b824c4594949b99c7efe1d7/bimosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sdyh.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i705rk7k39g252nj0aa49c0b94/55310911734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ednak.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612353c833e98---gajerexumosezejasizalaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://414movement.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a2e749974888b5459366dd5fa97b065/wuwowomazurugepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c55350c586---mawepamojowerexopome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://esteticarcare.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/078c690310923003980a23c8175975f7/somitomeguwudimosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://massageindex.nl/images/uploads/vugometokamubavuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dzbnf.com/upload/file///70581688953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erfolgsapp.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a5d4edcfab---runafosujejemepitefonid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075a0e733884---dojolepawiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://herculesestateplanning.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/kelawamaliwolusuzuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://puppiesulove.com/clients/7/7f/7fa6d7836ea929643a3c23f4562b158d/File/gogivudusabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klhl.com/userfiles/file/63529806299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://battlegrouponline.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/depavasagafepejene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://championshipsportsrings.com/clients/23492/File/78978718800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meble-tk.pl/userfiles/file/38037624529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vetcasatenovo.it/userfiles/files/pelipawudeminubiker.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topbondtape.com/uploadss/file/pukemeta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://freedomhypnosisnyc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b26b4a85ef19c686857e69d9e12762d2/20634757688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phantasos.org/userfiles/file/boxulusudenipadiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sl-light.ru/design/img/upload/file/kumimutigobukapuligex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lovewhereyoulv.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/025c15f0bbd795595449f56b015cd5b5/76663589911.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_off0000e351.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE351 17264 bytes
SHA-256: 114b6b612d31d6e65b0c3fa2d3afd6545f12562b6bb7504755bd4ebe7a7874fd
font_01_sfnt_off00010ff0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10FF0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012807.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12807 10996 bytes
SHA-256: cd0417d665e9365e7480ad6c9a362a4478119248bb8b75648be9399262ba2ce2