Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 40bfb6b0b294ca83…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.6 KB Created: 2021-09-06 02:32:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 565d4cfa1f4ba8b72030a516c5062dea SHA-1: 2151b5039aa7b7791e7e6ba16af7d8b98da3f740 SHA-256: 40bfb6b0b294ca83fa119158e08e25d813d48e75df1e4e9d1b658df3d1ec823f
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing lure with an image-only design and a click-outward action. Multiple heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or redirect users to phishing sites. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself facilitates the attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 2 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 69 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://belgradenightlife.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8gfhdnhrju6gcv0mi280r3hg0s/rugapewemefuwujaxikovi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.investing-in-women.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f0bccf60de9---saromiravidadivemewirut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polaryachts.com/res/wysiwyg/file/momuzekulojokilopimape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quadocdao.vn/uploads/files/594951018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gc-antey.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jegewosunotazovan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://takiminsahada.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p7pc6p3i0mv32pat6bbibhorqf/6285845335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goksirlambinowice.pl/img/upload/files/mubufiweseboxikowabijariw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinahongji.com/d/files/finogejulevoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sakitonus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/456df8c762438d092bff0ebd9e18b450/rolulazimusuwovob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dean-cpa.com/files/adminpic/file/86531983636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cableesmaltado.com/d/files/vobev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vakukh.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/08b988cdbf8c2147497aad85a498769c/naxutelabasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://7m-shop.com/userfiles/file/raramenuwodafopusabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://professional-tuner.at/uploaded/file/texemozelutodavanuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lasanisports.com/files/muvulefumisujidumuwem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alatheir.com/atheirwsfiles/file/23889899142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shipgo17.com/plugin/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bavojopoxazojexor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ashleymongolia.mn/uploads/files/60581003856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smarttactic.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e8ad50590f4---webudager.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://btsis.com/upload/ckfinder/files/82494192470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.oasipizza.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610bd0e82630f---korenijegipiwibedeliko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brighterhealthcare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3kejlfr4tpmkupkcvb22a0s9ht/furomafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salt17.com/userfiles/files/seponusofuwakanodejakaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=printable+cbt+worksheets+for+anxietyPDF 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_off0000b402.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB402 10968 bytes
SHA-256: b1d7e71b962254ebb622356a9fcb7c2fac4edb8a82661aa76c5a41d06a4827aa
font_01_sfnt_off0000cd83.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD83 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e595.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE595 14212 bytes
SHA-256: 9c4ab3be8b9fb22ff13d1ce79c32d81039c3f6058753343f3f038a24961629a6

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