Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 40a571bcbb469540…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.8 KB Created: 2021-09-03 13:51:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 4600fe552fa0a8b65a472b889d5a4cac SHA-1: ae028b2974680a5c64497ca72ab43ba840e9e536 SHA-256: 40a571bcbb4695405e2ed5c0f0f70fd568d456931ac0c4a20e1e168b51518a2b
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.001 User Execution: Malicious Link

The PDF is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing lure. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The document's structure, with minimal text and a large image, further supports the lure tactic.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 1 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 69 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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.
  • 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://ruedi-leuthold.com/userfiles/files/31626436954.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://sv-fin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7518215af9331a26d3d723e8b3a18629/jinozoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mission4recruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608874a70404b---20704478100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://retco.ge/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41496870023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aprilboya.com/userfiles/file/xolonamuluparimiperodaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qnzar.com/files/dekepojejewareketajedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gphs84.com/clients/866382/File/tomabenebilalutekuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hostmegasoft.com/calisma2/files/uploads/zewirafubokatobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omniatel.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160741aa505eba---tonewezarutivoloxovadenak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cancunday.com/travela/img/files/45594342877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://karinbentum.nl/uploads/file/sisoresavevupusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbetelparaguay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cceee2aa64519e9e70ffdaebbd8400b0/43556665046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.saraviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2e61fa0b8b---xovexidejege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://driver-jazda.pl/upload/file/rixolilelumenamomatizaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tdbakademi.org/userfiles/files/46603545281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://omnistopbollards.com/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dipukutekoguxujiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://growlocals.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b7334e987efcdcc122bac94282adc7c8/kinixudutox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gimenezricarte-deltabogados.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mokazuretoruxafox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sadcmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lcrdctdjnab5ohihl5io6g5itm/gotimubovigit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://photographerin.agency/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/db2a7rfmlefjkpm4klkc1d3bc3/27776896944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.straightmyteeth.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e8464741aa1a26ab657d52b72d017a8b/61818362237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chefinhogourmet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dce6258fd44fdce6c43d99c8f17a79fa/95460810245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610e8e57f1a88---1975257371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=singer+4423+sewing+machine+repair+manualPDF 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_off0000b48b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB48B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cca2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCCA2 11236 bytes
SHA-256: 7bc09d60632cb0bd40ec9db4f39caacf81dbf527639bf10fdbcf78e1bcf29f1e
font_02_sfnt_off0000e6dd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6DD 14180 bytes
SHA-256: eda6e1984c708e5518dd9813fdcfa8d8df8f056be8994d322e2bbed485247c34