Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 40958dbcaa169c2e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.8 KB Created: 2021-09-06 18:36:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 14705b754f1f4716ff888b81d5bfb796 SHA-1: 91df7596cc8df0f1679891542e5c68fdeb14dfe9 SHA-256: 40958dbcaa169c2eac8c84fb80568adfae186a1819612c4436674385735c9855
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was detected by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and flagged by an ML classifier, indicating malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of embedded JavaScript indicates potential for further malicious actions, such as downloading additional payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://timatey.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rtbnfhfahg2kognslmqsq7qa17/xagifogimagezosadefiwez.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://kapelski.pl/userfiles/file/12916025572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medob.org/SITE/files/editor/file/5793066489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6c91dc0885---52304731191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sumangold.net.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gfq8q9vknp83pre7usbt502p0h/wuzirenarogexokekubotis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://redwoodpwr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r62eso4ip1sls0n55alq1dnop4/79383447012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andeanskyline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075ce5313af5---33074777880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zelene-centrum.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fewavitafiduj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.park-seversk.ru/other/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bijibikixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://strojsteel.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/serazuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahcxdq.com/uploads/file/040128104386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lamuccacompany.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b03da0ebe6df99de5cc664f3a640b4f6/serodufapezasorugugabago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aunay-sous-auneau.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76846244331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610eb5869ae79---80359805217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chesapeake-lighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af6d341a5c830f3420a2c98c3ebd7bc6/nodumanuwigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arslanemlak.come/file/masizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asi-filter.pl/files/file/18226389159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083175146b27---tiguxutopesitugego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radanhorse.com/resource/files/10089701213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestmiamiturf.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/391bd5510cfb917940d99f6bf5d44356/walalawevopunedilana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carlojans.com/cms/file/gidexetefamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lapawan15.com/shop/fck_file/file/79663682491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unosms.us/userfiles/file/19196557339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--fct5g39pjpo.tw/upload/leakstop/files/88633453458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=naming+binary+compounds+practice+worksheetPDF 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_off0000c721.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC721 11424 bytes
SHA-256: 69003197c59b1497692cb34c30463c2356a839763ebe37a6814af13f6463dcda
font_01_sfnt_off0000e19b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE19B 16908 bytes
SHA-256: e33ccc24fe74921800776740d6fcb3afc86de9556945e4000d5d110f74741861
font_02_sfnt_off00010d49.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D49 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1