Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 40a66077157796eb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.3 KB Created: 2021-08-31 01:36:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: f8616543465bf87c4e7e751707ad5a85 SHA-1: 93a8a17db1ef687a13401a82bc2741d93bd84184 SHA-256: 40a66077157796ebe4791e9436473de7bc78f8e0d0afb20ab1e63fe525814d59
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous links pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to host malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to redirect users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://www.mobytec.com.br/mobytec/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160989c85eae57---sajeve.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.rec39.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c65f451bb62983fc20b58d456457b44/34944802710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.virtualaid.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d469cdaaf05---57928342066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nyitotthaz.hu/userfiles/files/gelasuvebotitosuwos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pankalconstructora.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609297ae01762---45288901652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhlamresort.vn/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f8d0df3b1db---nugimewatibewafapigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://milwaukee.center/userfiles/file/88897864042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://staceyasp.com/UserFiles/file/makalofojikefixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sidexsideaudio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bafd226efd---96470611442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://duhocblueocean.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11333338525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sixteengrams.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vknp4i4agfb02n4cl05u8k5tsn/kixojelojor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brukbet.com/user_images/file/sibukidinanixofutapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hilimall.ae/uploads/files/jobugulurosajiwuwatat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ph2020.org/FCKeditor/file/zivowiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuizhkj.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-20/20210520022948462430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://venefoil.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32964805557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ok-poland.com/userfiles/file/jaxal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yaeram.com/userData/board/file/sofupizeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northernillumination.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/564d261ab7d18797d93e24c75059c83a/xewukejipogunilaxubex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://girl0229960192.com/upload/users/files/5614846274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chinahkcarplate.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160feb45ef0c83---mezoxelovem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://member-amz-seller-system.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ce73362bf96c58892243a0ebdec45c1/60958566271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shannonlakeestates.org/fck_images/file/jibixefexobemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.first-classlogistics.com/image/upload/File/95235500635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=aesop+fox+and+crowPDF 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_off0000cca9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCCA9 17788 bytes
SHA-256: 86d68a6caec8b166ea39d22a316e32beac97db299bfca025460d6e028470c8ed
font_01_sfnt_off0000fa8e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA8E 10544 bytes
SHA-256: 44dab1bbcc2e18fcd3cf914b3cf74ce69ef0d70526e0169882a0dc8ebff5d970
font_02_sfnt_off000112d6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112D6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1