Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1dc40f2463faeddf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.6 KB Created: 2021-09-12 19:57:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-20
MD5: 190d2d5d44d43dbc6b5dff91882fdc93 SHA-1: b0c7a5a280aab1ff0d522e99454fcec6eabc0385 SHA-256: 1dc40f2463faeddff2690b1ba531f3f5888f6bb94e717fde2ac97e84054f58b3
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The document body is heavily obfuscated, but the presence of embedded JavaScript and the link farm heuristics suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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 http://www.yourhealthyourchoice.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613aaf5c7b574---72899199061.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://venus-forever.com/image/files/zikapadejubanadaliz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wasserentkalkung.at/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65991199223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garageanything.com/js/upload/files/1123352174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hansungid.com/userfiles/file/masiwuferirovefakebas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myphambambi.com/webroot/img/files/61649627924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://willmarareachamber.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bexifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoya889.com/upfile/files/20210911130756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irvinenott.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wuniwupavepogawogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regionalhealthprogramsww.com/images/file/45989731213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vibrationmonitoring.asia/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161390622db339---pewunegixulowejipobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paloaltospeakerseries.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7916ef22d0132c9bf6b2d67f8ed019a1/kobexavafifepumiwenamerub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartwealthhk.com/userfiles/69127945063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoavily.com/uploads/files/19350466455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dtjxbpzx.com/filespath/files/20210908074840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robindayne.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25405176308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://optimustelecoms.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xonalesufuluxud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sunpower.lv/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7785057898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atiksigorta.com/files/saposizudimugaleremoteze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tranduongauto.com/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/gufimurezimarokazam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aan.kz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/4004654277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dobre-jaja.com/Upload/file/gufozugaxuwerolebezox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hasmow.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dafuxutizoxoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=thomas+sowell+black+rednecks+and+white+liberals+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_off0000d058.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD058 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e86f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE86F 11164 bytes
SHA-256: 9f9bdbefc6a764e8de714cbb7dd15f9858e765e883fc0a7fa96f7b87d7efa3b1
font_02_sfnt_off0001022e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1022E 17732 bytes
SHA-256: a6220f34230eeefdfbd9eb1b6e04be47fb48f7e16982c8f5e2466a2052ef91e6