Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 40ae90b88bb48672…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.0 KB Created: 2021-10-06 18:18:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: c85ed182a03798fa9a657c7a020220d6 SHA-1: b1ea945f015db2b52708cdf63f5b8748929033a3 SHA-256: 40ae90b88bb48672e73ac3c2b37dfb27dee5281425072af20ec0fc289c23f8c7
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as a phishing trojan and by ML classifiers as malicious. It contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to multiple disposable hosts, suggesting an attempt to lure users to download further malicious content or engage in phishing. The 'SE_CLICKFIX' heuristic indicates social engineering tactics to bypass security measures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • ClickFix social engineering attack high SE_CLICKFIX
    Document instructs the user to press Win+R or paste a command into a terminal — consistent with ClickFix attacks that bypass macro restrictions by tricking users into running malicious commands directly
  • 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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=set+outlook+to+open+on+startup PDF link annotation
    • https://kettosallampolgarsag.net/imagini_ws/29997387747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjqyms.com/filespath/files/20210918165611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeskulap24h.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d5c8677a5d---vufekezopasazejiduvowov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lexen.ca/userfiles/files/kipifezavunomidemazeta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecohort.com/userfiles/files/foxuxizag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phuongdonggolf.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/fural.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mindweave.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fd7jfl67h5masqe1868gkujq0l/fatit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goang-hann.com/uploads/files/202110030450332775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actsonics.com/uploads/files/202109191602102215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livredart.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gaxuzemumed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://swaving-stalinrichting.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zotisexapuzuxonuzomifod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zapret-rf.org/web/img/podborky/files/madiwokuduvuwegoxamirir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mashura.co/userfiles/files/makipumebasisuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaiyudachem.com/filespath/files/20211005203341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robotsuk.com/luckingbros.co.uk/userfiles/files/nasamudotudajogajetis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autostyle-japan.com/js/upload/files/nubovukutuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thaibamboorestaurant.ca/phpsites/bard_ford/uploads/file/nodixetojowiluxabune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tobn56.com/UpFiles/file/todilonume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saopauloairporttransfers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/duguvazazuwipog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://savages.lu/imagesRTE/files/gekonofufebarofenuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kevinbrooks.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fa3beb412c---dupitowidamogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srccaa.bdbabymart.com/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61554261339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-xian-coat.com/uploads/files/202109221249304515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stsmcc.org/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34739411556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gamjagolla.com/uploads/files/baderazavitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000f4cf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4CF 19104 bytes
SHA-256: 9f21075b16bbad87c79ee578b36f0e3458e8e4d0cb813b2b80f0c1412be720e8
font_01_sfnt_off00012664.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12664 10420 bytes
SHA-256: e15a746179cdb6067c2ab0674466ee7615d54259f4e101ba0c66630d938e6575
font_02_sfnt_off00013e2e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E2E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1