Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 40b6fdd099c56392…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.7 KB Created: 2021-08-01 11:52:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 3619364af7865b1aebfb60ac712d5e29 SHA-1: e52815749e278a5191cf0aeb6990bb6743527f7d SHA-256: 40b6fdd099c56392a0a0ac5c96effdf1475ff83889042c377c44920174c2ae72
276 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1555 Credentials from Password Stores

This PDF document is classified as malicious, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing lure. High-severity heuristics indicate it's designed to harvest recovery secrets or private keys, potentially by tricking users into entering sensitive information. The presence of numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories further supports its malicious intent, likely serving as a distribution point for further stages or directly hosting phishing content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

Heuristics 9

  • Recovery secret / private key request critical SE_SECRET_RECOVERY_LURE
    Document requests recovery phrases, private keys, backup codes, or saved passwords. Requests for these secrets in a document are high-risk.
  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • MFA / one-time-code harvesting lure high SE_MFA_LURE
    Document asks for a one-time code, authenticator approval, or MFA confirmation — consistent with credential phishing kits that steal session tokens or abuse multi-factor authentication
  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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 http://brighterhealthcare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n8no87hts152hro6vmid8418ve/55207346269.pdf
    • http://webursitet.org/Files/file/luwefi.pdf
    • https://upbilbao.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jabufafakogigerigaxobab.pdf
    • https://auf.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v3s8oifgjerv4ukoc9u2t283m4/334186208.pdf
    • https://www.rowtheerne.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9a849e15459825cfebcc6e180ecfae33/70308831883.pdf
    • https://xn--i1aam8cb.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/330dd8271dfe19de2a4b3b9b5b713d66/soxupixefavos.pdf
    • https://amerismithenterprises.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2d52ab21bc690762179f4c99ba92b9f8/wudobarokusawasiduw.pdf
    • https://suhrsmad.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1921869c80---viban.pdf
    • http://www.dramayaramendes.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077058dcbbb8---pigagulusowisopefit.pdf
    • http://actionelectric.pt/www/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609868f7d1c1a---sekure.pdf
    • https://zazilha.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3b85ed041fbab49cdec7d2d3531c3e01/mejeme.pdf
    • https://yingzhaoliuart.com/upload/file/laxeliga.pdf
    • https://soudurelauziere.ca/upload/editor/file/xazetebevewapuwisifafov.pdf
    • https://mziagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gk907ltcodnf1pqpk2qlehlbk3/kurorugorekefegijev.pdf
    • http://www.brennholz-heinlein.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d7bee5c1d1f---somuvunaxudo.pdf
    • https://riverasphotovideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d2bb9c45553---fesukogupusowok.pdf
    • https://sckprime.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e7a12b0200f3bca624e63d73e7a57c3/56660935075.pdf
    • https://aiwatopup.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gewetejige.pdf
    • https://pasarantogel2.com/contents//files/10564688969.pdf
    • https://leunamgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4c714f0914ac8817386606989267794e/sixugide.pdf
    • https://shining4u.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b1ae7146c9b9fdce8453ec829c000970/57389049932.pdf
    • http://leap-egypt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5b7e97a0fc---gesixidi.pdf
    • http://studiotecnicodavico.eu/userfiles/files/90672472186.pdf
    • https://tavio.ru/files/file/vixuxeberagoto.pdf
    • http://sts-logistika.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d307336f080c278108142d61419c0f7c/55357533080.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=how+do+i+install+google+authenticator+on+my+pc
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000eda0.bin
18e1244dd64af99cb5e0220dbbc242df90922a3ffad8e348a0ff49af205609ef
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDA0 11252 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000107a6.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107A6 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011fb8.bin
727f31b680d3a17233116843b17bc269d685d7cd3ea66c66298e77194d19cc5a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11FB8 17040 bytes