Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4040a2c735abc54a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.6 KB Created: 2021-07-22 01:15:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 0eacbbbf6a1729cd7da093c1522432d0 SHA-1: 365c35ebe53428322b7f6523f349426b0c0ee4ed SHA-256: 4040a2c735abc54a5406f80f0ab7119b18ada682b52b76b0d662576ea93cf5eb
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting. These links likely serve as a lure to phishing pages or to download further malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, classifying it as a phishing trojan.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://teenvolunteer.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1e6a577be330cdabc5d131cccb516894/zuvaj.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://getawaynewzealand.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160738c76e3053---litamuwojafedideg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ifacemount.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6sgfrlag4ococeenkqca356hf3/gixitavoriremo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veaodaibrahma.com/uploads/image/files/14252997274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goldenlantern.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094638c1ce0c---25678488629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagandpack.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/afca8a51fbc40553a477ae50ea074270/bejefubokawiwegemugupezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanleyresources.com/images/2827382341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandrosso.com/js/upload/files/31937062005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architects-desk.com/uploadsfile/soluzuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniondeautoescuelas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607988a2653bc---dobitot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://a2designbg.com/userfiles/file/83045917953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fcksa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/miwivalinuzugub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amwordpress.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3f3fba42ad---goker.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feldmann-spedition.de/pics/userfiles/file/kiwojuriluxumobubaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noddy.nu/images/file/pikumad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maekuangudomthara.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/figabawejesuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alternativecarrepair.com/userfiles/file/14197280145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arunimaflavours.com/userfiles/file/fuvun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://impressivetravelvietnam.com/upload/files/rurun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eko-inwest.eu/upload/file/lovimuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hohsingfiber.com/ufiles/files/82717465479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuccifamilyonline.com/clients/b/b5/b5aed9f4ae8fd2b300021b46b426cae6/File/18662311239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://festivaldeliteraturadepereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081c2705070f---vewulabufovemivamelerexob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acethamessecurity.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cca5e3bf2caa8c10baa582186a0cba42/gexarojugafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=the+grim+adventures+of+billy+and+mandy+season+4PDF 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_off0000dc89.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC89 17288 bytes
SHA-256: bd83c2df4d9dfae14501dab493ab0399be66548d33c076a5358db64a46dc0356
font_01_sfnt_off00010980.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10980 11264 bytes
SHA-256: 96c10e2f7f9feafd02305ef648a796ee5acb64114e8ed18b7e4e7f763ff09135
font_02_sfnt_off000123a3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123A3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1