Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2f40cc5178960bfa…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.3 KB Created: 2021-07-15 13:31:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 62e42874f80b2ecba882678ef7641690 SHA-1: 6d49d8ee964eb9670da60bb15fc209f13f641691 SHA-256: 2f40cc5178960bfa3a408776528955b0a074b06b5f69112e10e16dea5e5f30c6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or are part of a link farm designed to obscure the true destination. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. While no scripts were directly extracted, the structure and URL analysis suggest the PDF is designed to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9820

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://liniagdanskzydowo.pl/files/wujovutoxilibijujosaj.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.itbaloch.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608db991b2f60---36622413781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://computerdoki.hu/user/file/wibifozajilosop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eraucheta.ru/uploads/file/18535901861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://manuscripthandler.com/userfiles/file/lavubipajodedetatubag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://call-life.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tisedonajop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://furniture83.com/upload/files/7259015998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.electriclighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e89f892d3d40cc2cb2e51998229d7d1/44262232742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poorclarescork.ie/images/13207631879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vivelamusica.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bc98e749fe---63429931282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sehersirin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c24c7abf82---64711986302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alakharia.com/public_html/userfiles/file/tutonupobedidul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primewestelectrical.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ecaae05a8880b1d4e1717367bd9a0ccc/pefazalugep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.appsolutely.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e8c16dcacaa---81601979653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thepetrichortouch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lcile5s4b6c4ob7fa6qf5arj0r/buguw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jjcfurnituremaker.com/userfiles/files/49177839673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://donnasalon.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/64faa5139c395165ee2cf1a688de1e4a/90869091635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oknookna.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b49a1401797---xumuzadixipesonixaberino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drvishweshwari.in/userfiles/file/33614575336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rakkhunnursinghome.com/user_img/files/90583231416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://curry-box-deluxe.de/userfiles/file/bidawuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gourmethousemacau.com/UploadFilesfile///25154637027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beergolfers.com/blog/images/file/32636762040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brighterhealthcare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nvmq5egu8qfsndi5h1n2e9iok4/18998623453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://udachi.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sj1po16svqs5l741upl80tbqce/foxifujasesakarixuvatiwev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://peterdegendt.be/file/27817394859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=best+free+benchmark+test+for+pcPDF 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_off000117a8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117A8 16652 bytes
SHA-256: f7a2ed6e2a470b8f9a4889eeebdec73d8be14b9a42dc4517b57b5f529653b499
font_01_sfnt_off000142e1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x142E1 10892 bytes
SHA-256: d2019fc172bc87cd376ed55e96b72ea7f107d94e9ca70c466616b8bfffc2c4de
font_02_sfnt_off00015bc3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15BC3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1