Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 240289c5946fde51…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.0 KB Created: 2021-09-19 19:18:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: edaac917e4377f401964c7436ef549e0 SHA-1: aa697a2590211a01064dc622a4516d24a1dc591b SHA-256: 240289c5946fde511099231e425e9318a15f3173a46441a0d446ad1eecfbd437
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 high likelihood of malicious intent. The presence of embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, suggests the document is designed to redirect users to malicious sites or download further payloads. The document body is heavily obfuscated and appears to be generated by wkhtmltopdf, likely serving as a lure for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=merck+index+free+download+14th+edition PDF link annotation
    • http://testplanet.nl/uploads/files/nidafimajoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakeshoresmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r2suucsjf44bqo37bhspkg0r21/29009784445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marienoellebermond.com/img/uploaded/file/78473248509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veterinariacasettamattei.it/userfiles/files/wipolopuzuziji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://okna-kursk.ru/page_edit/_samples/userfiles/files/28216767069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chambres-hotes-aube-bleue.fr/userfiles/file/60766821210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fecomerciomg.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ef9eb0eba6---fenojikovinajavawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://winso.tw/userfiles/file/bofatezubuxujenisit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-gypsum.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161453657a0574---37509630041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wmc21.com/ckupload/files/41257072988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kino-profi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7523639514252c059a18236cef0e6aa2/jezewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xtremefitness.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43687751525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tele-video.ru/upload/files/42451676485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ogblfrontaliers.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pm5tlhno14vfbp6016dejjb6c3/75692179613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holyfamilyhospitals.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/totomozajis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chongqinghaohong.com/upload/files/28261177422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kamkmori.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wuxadofunepeme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bekescsaba.varosom.hu/userfiles/files/pubafagagetaxoxapera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bezpiecznamlodosc.org/files/file/36239646319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://htwy.com/upload/file/lopidetulapuxisogekera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://macautemple.com/userfiles/file/denofesusoxapisubeluzike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.luminicaambiental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ad98e9afa5---19501175553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cpc-serbia.org/js/files/16424073578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dfzh.jmdftour.com/fckeditor/userimages/file/vivevasazali.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_off0000ec72.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC72 18492 bytes
SHA-256: f42a43b2b0acc34d68009bb77a33389b01dd0b1df83e5b0d1dd33c09556cff16
font_01_sfnt_off00011cc1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CC1 10808 bytes
SHA-256: 6f1984f699eb8069e903bd915ec50611a323fcf0899869622c326c376049f731
font_02_sfnt_off000135bd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x135BD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1