Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 40a430343668622d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

123.8 KB Created: 2021-09-16 08:06:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: aa67ff132d7e4b04bd8f0191ad868345 SHA-1: bc3d23cc02ebc0c3b77575da503dc44fd15e3e50 SHA-256: 40a430343668622d437562d1ab89a980ddccd3d8377526f7813495b6424608c6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, several of which are identified as potentially compromised CMS uploads, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final malicious destination. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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.
  • 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://rubyyadav.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/69486236911.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://gpe-el.pro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47685622464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullertherapy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132d04b6cecc---76825180869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carcable-bg.com/uploads/pictures/files/mutabowaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://retco.ge/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45528397169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bilmatbasim.com/userfiles/file/rexatekoxumap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studio-orlandini.com/userfiles/files/domusog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longarmquiltacademy.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/72836024684.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salamatekhanevadeh.ir/ckeditor/files/files/16948887663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kingdomofgodmn.org/userfiles/files/degefax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myepres.com/HotelEstimator/userfiles/file/28433703250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rlktechniek.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c09fa244ca---57185629858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mokhalasati.com/userfiles/files/wabakadamuwuletovuloxup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epoch-making.jp/js/upload/files/kinapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nc2e.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ff631c1f23---bawosolelopawid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hv2barrier.com/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12518885263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aguiapromocional.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ced10631ef---98392171986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://equalitas.es/userfiles/file/87872541028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veterinariacasettamattei.it/userfiles/files/wixot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://style4.allwebeasy.com/userfiles/files/xezedoposavulufiwoniv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://exlite.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rilepuxokejiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suarezbeltran.com/aym_images/files/28144155827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hashtag.school/userfiles/file/fadululesug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=better+eyesight+without+glasses+pdfPDF 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_off00017e39.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17E39 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00019650.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19650 11024 bytes
SHA-256: ffac7fb032723c90ce445c3a4ea3f8a62bc9fd19b26aa4d47396f096abdba6bc
font_02_sfnt_off0001b005.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1B005 19052 bytes
SHA-256: e5018d81b88966f65125fff1d7978bbfff4ec89759bb4eba2bbbd23fc5396e71

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