Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 40640100f5166acd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.3 KB Created: 2021-07-24 03:04:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 4ba2ed8d8174099d2c477ae5d9c6eff3 SHA-1: 753ae1e6c21f983f5f341f790a0758519fce110f SHA-256: 40640100f5166acd5acb828d2e0fb28c0a862795d8a8fbef0cd559872aaf1ae4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also functions as a link farm, pointing to numerous compromised websites, including a WordPress site. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9983

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 http://sieuthibds.net/images/files/bibegusutotupupofimuruvax.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://davebakeragency.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/86ca2a9e720e7cd539fa6838df2903ea/92907767057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dietacud.eu/upload/file/turebivusisinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupophi.es/uploads/files/wuforineju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cesishotel.com/res/wysiwyg/file/70289973063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.auditek.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607138e0a994b---tukusivazaritakepuvimikon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agroadvanced.com/app/webroot/newsletters/editor/files/31750959778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vipbeachhouse.com/uploads/editor/file/fijutomobexalomodip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://markeishahall.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eedd64fccdf6cca18147d192358abd5a/kotabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ever0036.com/assets/uploads/ckedit/files/20210704112234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://108pizza.pl/uploads/userfiles/files/16451907266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heritagelogs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/68jl3abtpumsl2v9v1dqm5ssec/tazazeku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----7sbbjg7ctfs.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6396f91a255f184b13120ae7e94ba5c8/govif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.golddustdental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d9290c610a5---24363903506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.asahinadigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ateojif8jqr6spcbk0m4dm3kq9/19561426684.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://loscogliodifavignana.it/userfiles/files/69322014378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okuninka-biale.pl/userfiles/file/82211934336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://southport1969.com/clients/861680/File/kibafun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mrmobilewebsite.agency/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e2ddf2552caaa9b5d936b7f2c6ac2de/ruzepigupemuxepib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feldbach-tourismus.at/files/76290840101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://az4group.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b01626e0de5---47628960077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.intermediastudios.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3efa39537a266bbef493f6bdf37c5068/35884862705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://signaturecruise.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85051055662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dianthusindustrial.com/resimler/files/lanux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=why+can%27t+macbeth+kill+duncanPDF 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_off0000e207.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE207 10720 bytes
SHA-256: 336307d0a804cf927fcbd30277b1baf62ba9d06c25811055cc33487dbddd6645
font_01_sfnt_off0000fa82.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA82 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011294.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11294 16456 bytes
SHA-256: 412bdfa767df2ac049fcb9fe42155b326c569046897f8ddc7c536962769c88c4