Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 40c6b884d9e3cdad…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.8 KB Created: 2021-09-20 05:46:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: d35980d7dce6a833fa74f46ca24f3ed0 SHA-1: e2281c232c63cffc03d27fc75d84a3800be56cea SHA-256: 40c6b884d9e3cdad002cd8b0d4a3600ee1b5b113f3eb759211e1193e896b66f1
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to lure users to malicious content or phishing sites. The presence of link farms on disposable hosting further supports a phishing or malicious redirection scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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 http://windcampus.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f67c5a9a3a---wikale.pdf
    • http://taociren.com/upload/file/210915121731703127uobsgiidrert.pdf
    • http://elitakhealing.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61950838994.pdf
    • http://for-rent-antwerp.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161393eda3d6d4---57112538682.pdf
    • http://tweddlefoto.com/files_contenidos/upload/files/vejunewabu.pdf
    • https://gancza-yacht.pl/userfiles/file/3286890843.pdf
    • https://www.esicm-old.org/admin/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80500627544.pdf
    • https://nuregio.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613375fb57e4d---sigelopurukivorobadaxewa.pdf
    • https://sharedsynergy.com/userfiles/file/53666285494.pdf
    • http://carneslaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/nafowozudaroxanepeliganu.pdf
    • http://nd-58.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3638aa981367d0db829f1ae2ae4009c3/dotizuxuzoduwijubir.pdf
    • http://energy-labels.nl/userfiles/file/82508745348.pdf
    • http://vijyaiprismcrm.com/userfiles/files/vijewoz.pdf
    • http://directopinion.biz/uploads/FCK_files/file/43132764667.pdf
    • http://manchetenewsms.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xakibemi.pdf
    • http://hemeringen.de/ckeditor_ablage/userfiles/files/fuxotupasexofevibofaluxox.pdf
    • https://www.traitagri-solutions-alternatives.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43017766300.pdf
    • http://qianxish.com/ckfind_image/files/ligewolepekajivomazosu.pdf
    • http://clinicaveterinariagussago.com/userfiles/files/64452370903.pdf
    • http://xingyeknitting.com/userfiles/files/18707216923.pdf
    • http://ilksolar.com/Images/Media/files/poporanujiwinuralobufasar.pdf
    • http://irmascaritasdejesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132c782601ce---pezufule.pdf
    • http://archidaldegan.eu/userfiles/files/32795774795.pdf
    • http://ccadl.com/files/20210907113148.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=preschool+words+that+start+with+n
    • 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_off0000c97f.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC97F 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000e196.bin
b402036dde588f96c12f37f6b7742f00b24280c45045722e8fa8d63cd68e4371
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE196 10556 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000f9ab.bin
4b12abf5bd053467f8c0812de0f6fb27549087969b9ce43c6e23ab3d681c24cd
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9AB 17064 bytes