Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 40652f1fd0c648f1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.7 KB Created: 2021-07-28 11:27:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-18
MD5: 40bb8c443dd1348748d7ad4f374e3bae SHA-1: 8018c04a2486253d6af4ec78715f80d270674422 SHA-256: 40652f1fd0c648f1751bba9d65624ada6c7e2b4b6f9dd2e7e609f904e16ed84a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and presents a deceptive download button. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://compie.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b80d766cc67---25977090714.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://itchanoi.vn/uploads/news_file/goxilabamelawefibowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diaochue.vn/userfiles/file/gadezixune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9e1f5c7be---6309960654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canadiancontractorservices.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/edemf230omoe0hde6i3i15rfn4/97853437572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lea-inc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d1ecd607093ccdbe1e05dc373fbb6dc1/22040735588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://motivationandmomentum.net/ci/userfiles/files/43771833713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gulertrafik.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60irtnss70m5a32h9l1qijfti5/wosegedawafulolalojiwuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwingsde.com/uploads/files/48654237967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uyaviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160743f3fc3837---36855003537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hospedeagora.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k06g9hlgoe4vno76og8j1cq27n/dipemupumaxofigofiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldenparadisestsimons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e405cfbfdd235354d4f02fc28485631d/kuparasikitenuta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bascobrunswick.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae1ededa190---vojelik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eshop-kocicinadeje.cz/files/file/jijam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sp3siemianowice.pl/userFiles/files/47880826538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chortho.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q9ir2960oj3ds0aih45oa0d1k2/66905723001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://contextuae.com/resimler/files/vitatijatilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://icwest78.com/clients/67591/File/legolidamoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://walthamclassof1985.com/clients/5/52/52060312c10aa816a718e90a19a6a7a1/File/17545585307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dichvuketoanvn.org/uploads/files/51788422228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5d15897b91---12519390660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoradiator.mn/uploads/ckfinder/files/80864541448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b471444e98e---xoriba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trvstore.com/userfiles/file/90823792538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=how+many+ib+learner+profile+traits+are+therePDF 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_off000117bc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117BC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00012fd3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12FD3 10952 bytes
SHA-256: 882b13caf101f105a6c95d06d87051606c9f27e725dcde1e4d269265df9bb312
font_02_sfnt_off000148ce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x148CE 17336 bytes
SHA-256: d183adf5da9d2b86455783f2566fa701c2544b0e1ae1b5c05abda80f30a3dabd