Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 40cb512368cab59f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.7 KB Created: 2021-09-26 07:08:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: e153812ccf251e5ae1ce57d068ad2e97 SHA-1: 54fcc30bd780d272330f5495c0f333fa80416897 SHA-256: 40cb512368cab59f328530201d0e24756af527422b6e9820cee2ecf48647fe91
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating it's likely a phishing or trojan delivery mechanism. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The primary attack pattern involves exploiting user trust through a seemingly legitimate document to facilitate further compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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://theshairpodcast.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e7ba74b381ceaf6d9a31f274b97dd22c/85615280353.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.farmaciabergua.com/userfiles/files/71105537173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karavanlakesfet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fd29e646a304b298f7d37ae947e62f37/pagodajagopexewewegowojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purpleleafestatebuyers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139061062b03---67245091732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrando.cz/files/file/47981600880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jeevandeepspecialcare.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45022912546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bearings.vn/images/ckeditor/files/16624738498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akicgiyim.com/userfiles/file/jafazemomosawukejajevep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tq7fa8h3upgb1l44e7m8abcio4/norubidizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oktatas-konyveles.hu/term_extr/files/rajejawetawedewusewuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cofetariafraguta.ro/UserFiles/file/fabavofum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worksafeorg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o3nsrrfah354ktpenajqb75ns3/84007194925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cmorshomecareassociates.org/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/84327434193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.gr/upload/xegexef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreaslasnik.com/data/files/vibazizoxofitikoralunonas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://informerfitness.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c4ce27f8d30a40dafb29a364b3d8fbef/birawudoliz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://balaton.varosom.hu/userfiles/files/nepozikezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cdkuys.handysociality.com/upload/files/lomimegalutogaxamak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dzstock.com/Upfiles/file/61235111404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rent-1.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50645224190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suacuacuontoanphat.com/upload/files/notutakovis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hirurgija.me/files/rosaxopamudutesevulenofab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lesartsdansmonjardin.com/userfiles/file/20210916204501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://principessavencanice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16144dc4deec70---17245071456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://przychodnia-felinskiego.pl/uploads/editor/file/zolodumudivepuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=fingersmith+read+online+freePDF 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_off0000b8a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB8A6 18916 bytes
SHA-256: 52cba917796952e9e7094fe8db0fb5c2b8e911dfad64de66b274eff4eae33e86
font_01_sfnt_off0000e843.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE843 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001005a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1005A 10776 bytes
SHA-256: 09bd12a8b89b3604950697b92b8c106dd2548b93983206e9fce649d2be72f64a