Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 40bff0d6f5b2c6f2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.1 KB Created: 2021-09-26 08:54:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: ed6be8588999e7c2673512a84e842f9a SHA-1: fc0c269a5abbbc91e6b36bb484dda7cad742355a SHA-256: 40bff0d6f5b2c6f2317fc6c9d733c6fe125aa5d789ca54d4349f6cc9a2b9724a
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF is identified as a phishing lure due to its small size and image-heavy content, typical of a screenshot designed to hide clickable links. Multiple heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to various external URLs, some hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for credential harvesting or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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 0 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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+move+pictures+to+sd+card+on+samsung+galaxy PDF link annotation
    • https://paroles-vives.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39257803106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning-chemistry.ro/userfiles/file/kapukawesuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samsungklimalar.com/upload/ckfinder/files/tiparibuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anjingliar2.com/contents/files/siliporejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spakimthi.com/upload/files/21388287412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-leuven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137a31c25fbe---12965574792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://matteagianotti.ch/userfiles/files/99974102326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agisma.ru/files/pages/files/92710128091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fortlauderdalelimorental.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614485bcd68b0---kakokirakibuturosom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reichspfarrer.sk/file/lediva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marblobathware.com/app/webroot/img/files/kesitafotajas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sibois.eu/userfiles/file/84055108082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://euro-m.si/web/dokumenti/file/funaxinevana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onlinecommerce.bg/uploads/pages/files/89663678607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wisdomtours.net/upload/file/88547080555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trust-law-firm.com/userfiles/file/20210901111824_1160669624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verynailscm.com/user_img/file/soriwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kientrucsangtrong.com/plus/files/luzowavetagirotado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thietbigas.net/media/files/zalisotetidebomomas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kadh.kr/bobod/upload/file/92277091513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chorland-dining.com/webroot/editor-uploads/files/68949333131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.taxikladis.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136bc30aed6f---jedogiminepobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://turatabor.hu/media/xaboxojomodedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://becro-plast.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613013ad605c5---30521217662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livre-art.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64858129667.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_off0000b128.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB128 13940 bytes
SHA-256: 6aed1bef514047a3545340041f3b98330ae4bff2a5c3a7d942da42e4ada9dc42
font_01_sfnt_off0000d3f5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD3F5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000ec0c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC0C 11316 bytes
SHA-256: 07e0b2ee77207eceab8b474b4d50863a6f877eb8659466f9263970530c90968b