Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 40b6fdd7a834e859…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.7 KB Created: 2021-09-01 17:04:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: cea314094024af21863ca7741369c8bd SHA-1: 361cc12bcbcdc28d44b67249b007f26f7f3b44c3 SHA-256: 40b6fdd7a834e85986e6ad39b727bc0aef51191f521aee6f232c6a31dce31252
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a critical ClamAV detection for 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan'. The file contains a link farm pointing to numerous domains, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute phishing content or malware. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior are indicative of malicious intent, likely related to spearphishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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://clinic4lab.com/upload/ckfinder_temp/files/20210701055728.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://trinityautorepairs.com/uploads/files/98367878929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stl-log.com/htdocs/cljr/data/files/85624751623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uyaviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a18f4683dd0---56963424447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dlmberatung.ch/userfiles/files/7836851475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peopleoftheheath.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e88f6f65fd3---33615631163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cambodiaangkorhomestay.com/userfiles/file/80393729902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://glcore.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5868291758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wentworthre.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6c0c041a76312e719d50a25755ea2341/damozuniwamomiwomusuwat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coolinterier.sk/upload/files/samukasavuzawalebal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.saveurspoitoucharentes.com/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zujeserosativozisomisigil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blog.crowdly.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089b99bc3671---84741015648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dbdfbe52237---gapibuvifaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peaktoppet.com/ck_imgs/files/1031247396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bazatalty.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ae87e384dbf5430ef66a0fd225d8315/14805391154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taikenplan.jp/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46344879448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://erinmillssmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6afepeiov02r1vs9j1apfbsnv3/lanasijanogibumadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f46f073ae4bf8ebfac0c39c55abfb301/mutovobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharmtocairo.com/userfiles/files/kajetimononamivuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wypelnienia.kratex.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e65183a4bb737bec751c21066117f26/62727843619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adamant54.ru/userfiles/files/8788769500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fygl.net/uploads/file/201750194537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cheapmotorcycleinsurancepa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1fg76cs001fs3l3c6b1gnotaq0/vapul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poetische-malerei.de/web/editor/files/2185576668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://indobaliart.com/sitefiles/file/pukudorenedege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://warraichmeats.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160764cd00501c---81007140149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ilc.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lfin6ps4vjll03u8n4uu12e964/59133918413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=pdf+how+to+stop+worrying+and+start+livingPDF 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_off0000cc29.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCC29 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e43b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE43B 16576 bytes
SHA-256: 77ee6ddace597b7ef34586ce229191f0a67a5547ba7d385aae25592210a1e5b6
font_02_sfnt_off00010e7c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E7C 10912 bytes
SHA-256: 75092d56e71f02669e826ee115a5625f4142961a0f999cff47835376b3b0fb1f