Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 40378af88c20da14…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.9 KB Created: 2021-09-05 19:07:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: c6a56e88a79b941f3d3e518339ab96e0 SHA-1: a55330fbe5fb5aef8a87423928edf8ebdfe8647c SHA-256: 40378af88c20da144f75a6d0e91fbb5f2a71feea9ab84a57e4762d27c2e7f733
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including ClamAV detecting it as a phishing trojan. It contains a link farm pointing to various PDF files hosted on compromised or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier also strongly indicated maliciousness.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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.
  • 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://czus-lukasa.sk/userfiles/file/12673191761.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bryanhigh78.com/clients/72554/File/56014294522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://developmentassociationofnagaland.org/nbloom/fckuploads/file/dakonef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kolodezrus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/38df5e8eb9793bd6ced9da0733168a7e/sagunivivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miwon.com.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/8852351695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gospel-pour-100-voix.com/fichiers/newsletter/file/32929123530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchirieriavioane.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160720f85b49e1---33288045791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heatexchangersolution.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-5/20210905093739385420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monacollection.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f282434a3e52b11a621241e71b03200/dapojudesuven.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gamletaarnhuset.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fdb5f9a29a---zexepuvajuvow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cafesca.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18150451219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aspit.ro/imagini_ws/pogokepiwurejag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.paparazzirestaurant.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/83b8b46ac987b73615c038354f507766/wovipukotibomulefaxav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuadernos.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e88c8bf3b60---vufejivumexem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ascinfratech.com/clientprojects/trading/file/fewuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://palaciodelosnavas.com/userfiles/file/32265568742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://educasters.co/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jojubafon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlastoursntravels.com/userfiles/file/susemokiwusasekikewaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kicksomeglass.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1e4a5cf02c3de078d3472ccc2c48be7e/93453482977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wscnaturalhealings.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/811c3e690a590e4dbb14fb60e8f6315b/jupul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexlunacoach.com/img/editor/file/5390698963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpishio2.net/contents//files/88188392274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evabody.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d6509760fe---70972273398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mitroc.com/userfiles/file/datalopewuraxuvidesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://madeirashopping.com/userfiles/file/texuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=balance+sheet+proforma+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_off0000dfd9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFD9 10844 bytes
SHA-256: aa8be2773c9d435ff0755ea3116fbedc8b8196348a280b0996ea9436ac056164
font_01_sfnt_off0000f8bb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8BB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000110cd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110CD 17440 bytes
SHA-256: 8c87dcd2678b9b5fe944c2416bc41722245145ea86ad1b2cfb5b2be3db3a9e97