Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 405d9882cfc5ec32…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.3 KB Created: 2021-06-27 06:21:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 65c64d52888d5a6cf05d3ec5664e9553 SHA-1: ed5c1e39b9bc727660934878f1e5e28475813add SHA-256: 405d9882cfc5ec327770ee1af5c8513fb95eab2337a8cfa8bf4f7ae67f9e23aa
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The presence of numerous links to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting suggests a phishing or malware distribution scheme. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and heuristic firings point towards the exploitation of PDF vulnerabilities or the embedding of malicious content, likely to download a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9992

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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://schreinerheusi.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f6e6c1bb41---wivogezi.pdf
    • https://blsautomation.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86527545790.pdf
    • http://przedszkolenisko.pl/userfiles/file/69630026042.pdf
    • https://www.taxikladis.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075d695652ef---29199204561.pdf
    • https://feriaesotericadeatocha.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d3f8c02fad3---zidepafumilasu.pdf
    • https://spencershaulageltd.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae301f8f61bf3ee67153e773474e807a/30965704548.pdf
    • https://jnfarley.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4r68vbelpn1btqn5ph9l7qj336/24909498000.pdf
    • http://ontheedgeofnow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a99c34a15b---veniramipitaxetekikagem.pdf
    • http://simonide.org/userfiles/file/muridatajozave.pdf
    • http://3handseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4a7ba04cfc---72255469364.pdf
    • http://lifemartrealestateconnect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8luapo0g3tenm5d0pj58358442/ripewasarataxeki.pdf
    • http://www.nandomoraes.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0672313f0f---julukulojewokobufinal.pdf
    • https://hotelristorantenovecento.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a3028ca4d9c1991061ccd6ae5235ab4f/5865104093.pdf
    • https://radio-aurea.eu/files/file/tozokaporexax.pdf
    • https://www.areatransfers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cb407da947---xetevulotupasejemejawobux.pdf
    • https://www.hungryalex.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9fe678362ae0320e1c96310312e7f986/71677133921.pdf
    • http://guowangcable.com/d/files/48338906190.pdf
    • http://www.jhannahs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607235fa800a4---12418168765.pdf
    • http://test.uebersetzungen-nesselberger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c878fd995ca---79327918021.pdf
    • http://delawaretravelmedicine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a3bce06692---28747494918.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=auditing+questions+and+answers+for+exam+pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f0cb.bin
d9e0e0336b924053c7741cfb32fc3277c95cbfc0216794079c1d99ee112d9551
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0CB 11212 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010a9f.bin
884a87f23a6e577d58c75d38deb90c331600d441cbf8aeb66c4c6a2fb71c5c87
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A9F 17288 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000137d6.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x137D6 16792 bytes