Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 40b1d4853f4527cf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.2 KB Created: 2021-05-23 05:29:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: c9ca28696eee7d5ae681009bdc62d790 SHA-1: b3a42242a6a34386eeed8a63b2e60699078bd32b SHA-256: 40b1d4853f4527cff55c9d720c4fd0cf8f7d5acc8faee7812c6a5782cc872bff
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and presents a deceptive download button. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://alutat.com/data/file/18072382706.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://asirius.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/95ce42ad5c9d8d5e56fcd3a6050a46de/xisezabubogovawimum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brusroom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e60c872dd65a638b7f37923d545f736/50709885088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotel-palladium.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p6r3rj4chc4471vqfo3vdhqca7/migodadafomuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kazenergy.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b900159185---53574368349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lostsoulsmemorialnj.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a8b6c5447b0b6c466d614dc7ff8f3cd/sewidokoxemenajositod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meyanko.com/userfiles/file/%5C/73815894596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schouteninterieurwerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072cb95ce3c0---zivaseboxifokuvotigete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asu.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3rhs1vesilfhe1nji4nhifdhc2/mitevozerivexolurileb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lightingandhvacexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e571a0be3d48ff0aebacb3b09e3db6ae/mazozejuxoralaxudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.training4thefuture.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071133b9911a---wodovonolukegutetotegoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nandomoraes.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608caa04a78c0---mogifajemutasexefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamvr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6b5b5af5ce453bd06a23c10c126a1d5b/liwopemixuvototise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drivingschoolofnorthtexas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8564278610---jewepelowusazisopulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bistro-e.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607957643e063---99033284883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://braciszewska-klimek.pl/fck_files/file/36344291296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://winston-woodward.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cb903ced1a26ed3e8d389b824e36378a/86230969900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=hamoodur+rehman+commission+report+pdf+urduPDF 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn 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_off0000ee32.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE32 5324 bytes
SHA-256: a1eae6ed1c9098de17c63f6cd565ae899ca0e5407d1792c8cf0743fba620dfc7
font_01_sfnt_off00010021.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10021 10524 bytes
SHA-256: 91206eec3e4de9b8e9b418b029011d20a7b5a3525876011d94040efa90d0680a
font_02_sfnt_off00012419.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12419 18616 bytes
SHA-256: e6ded803fc4bf5918a12bb4c05202355263d20f0e29ed271588c1cdbb57fcee0