Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 40277b8a2cb262f6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.2 KB Created: 2021-09-12 09:57:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 8935d7d5aef3bdcd2cedb60448668478 SHA-1: 928825dbbd95bfa844554343facb88322d25f859 SHA-256: 40277b8a2cb262f67c3234bb5f5765c992a2d6c1a00c30448bb5f5649cd142bb
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, indicating an attempt to execute code. It also features a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and other disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or trojan delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9833

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 http://lejuriste.ru/files/file/60176070491.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://nedvizhimost-v-sharm-el-sheikhe.ru/uploads/files/puviluledapujatososomunol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stayinbranson.com/ckfinder/triplebuserfiles/file/39682457783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://technok.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/117451519afaf4b5fbe036a9ad8f0540/kirip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://birgatour.mn/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/janukofinedanowides.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pollackmihalyiskola.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71518824172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eastwoodfamily.net/userimages/46789211106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullertherapy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161340ae7213a0---nekige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tcremich.lu/files/files/20639309801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terezmisszio.eu/files/file/91495782634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xyr59.com/filespath/files/20210907220806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topenglish.sk/app/webroot/gallery/files/pedagijutapew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ets-sptk.ru/pic/file/xegedubit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medicellbank.com/userfiles/files/40931316412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kawanmto.info/contents/files/98319261005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3drm.bg/uploads/pictures/files/mexaxadofominutezidapab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjjiffy.com/upload/56590424694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oe.com.tw/ezadmin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56558213707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peach2560.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ladusarumuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plaschke-partner.com/uploaded/file/lunakawonitubiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://intrastorg.com/userfiles/file/bujurasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diamond-marketing.cz/soubory/fegasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webbsoil.com/home/webb/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zaxipogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fujieshubao.com/zk/UploadFile/file/2021090718342873499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://francescofesta.it/userfiles/files/36031287037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moskvaznaet.ru/upload/files/24181076834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dispomydeal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2db0dc9abe6b6493695187e2ef0475ff/vetowenetavupimaxogunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jurad.eu/files/file/balomidazemux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=meaning+of+theme+in+a+poemPDF 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_off0000d6b4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD6B4 17252 bytes
SHA-256: e59d6d3bb7d12e5637714c972e25a34d333548fc34d1120dfd0afdf0ee75ec53
font_01_sfnt_off0001036f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1036F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011b86.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B86 10484 bytes
SHA-256: a2b5fa217c16bf513fbff57e071f35167c98bcfed712e990ee7454f01800ad94