Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 40c3614a4a977904…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.3 KB Created: 2021-09-16 19:27:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 121813ecacd14fb52767e263073615d6 SHA-1: f8f8b2993ada6a3b089a7d0ef551af7a525539a1 SHA-256: 40c3614a4a97790499b67625930e403541beec9a744e17b2acec6ce46cc70623
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit PDF vulnerabilities or redirect users. The presence of numerous external URIs, including links to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, strongly suggests a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The primary goal appears to be luring users to external sites via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9895

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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=saiyan+goku+tap+super+z+apk PDF link annotation
    • https://worldmedglobal.com/userfiles/files/47144056157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srinivasagroup.com/ci/userfiles/files/bazedibezolem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ego-sofa.tw/uploads/files/202109021258168784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ciba.lv/uploaded/file/nofomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cartonwrappingmachine.com/userfiles/file/sufubejazujodijunin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harshahometutors.com/uniformkontakt/userfiles/image/files/54875876679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maximaviajes.com/FCKfiles/file/30495309914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hadlowsecurityshutters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a78865035a74f34a4c55bdc02d389c9e/xaruliwipibaparapekigexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawtutors.co.uk/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73449726306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spellenindex.nl/images/uploads/42052541386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balance-global.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5rfsmd14rc3748lrvqbd32gvue/gonuxezeganodepexejep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://processwork.archerhuang.com/ConImg/files/votexozew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://funcarele.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sefefolaxexusevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leap-egypt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f6a7bb58f7---73928706906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://puebloexec.com/userfiles/file/99348968122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diagnosticaedilizia.com/userfiles/files/44692011796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://035620126.tw/upload/greenkitchen/files/27449549547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krajinar.cz/soubory/files/36974211786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aptwash.com/userData/ebizro_board/file/65203211727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thesprotia.gr/uploads/file/55076428079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leise.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pemiwamuburaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagandpack.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/876b1acd2b7ddc024067d7555c237f2b/96701895680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fratellilongoni.com/userfiles/files/topubo.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 5

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e8dd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8DD 10820 bytes
SHA-256: d1e640390e984f73293775287dae5ff6ab32b9987258d3992fbd24100aabc4ec
font_01_sfnt_off00010205.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10205 24200 bytes
SHA-256: c1a08092a958c015d4a3ed63439caa1a267f75492527225bcb0bf1445650ee9a
font_02_sfnt_off000140d1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x140D1 16168 bytes
SHA-256: 6cba6677bde0f241d5abe4bd1daabf497e221bd6197b657de4268e87bbbbfee9
font_03_sfnt_off0001566a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1566A 1680 bytes
SHA-256: 6c08887b596ecb472c5a0482df8c2f828d83fc5b5d16111ed0caa1fced1b35dc
font_04_sfnt_off00015e66.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15E66 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1