Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 40d03cd21b559981…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.6 KB Created: 2021-09-01 21:52:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 49c5995cf11e3fabb90e65b2efaa5ab4 SHA-1: d223e029ca1bedcb1eb57e2f7d1a8dc4fb2bad1e SHA-256: 40d03cd21b559981a4c817398d63c7225a5bf8d33c24d876428adcec2bffcb45
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or are part of a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of multiple links on potentially compromised or disposable hosting supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://samajsutra.com/userfiles/files/837685464.pdf
    • https://tasivn.com/upload/ck/files/85905047955.pdf
    • http://altaprecision.com/userfiles/file/53301973553.pdf
    • https://www.crossfitparamaribo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610e5c5ccea6f---26460196561.pdf
    • https://homini.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ab83759f99---tinowifojuliba.pdf
    • http://pobierzplik.pl/uploads/files/26901577755.pdf
    • http://aihyang.com/userfiles/file/88769769709.pdf
    • http://kco.su/userfiles/file/75877653111.pdf
    • https://wamsconference.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8f68e34068b1edfae0613cc1059073bc/balabegizemuwujoj.pdf
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4415a54fe8---62394093481.pdf
    • https://zlato-eu.cz/upload/files/68096761336.pdf
    • http://principessavencanice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8d1dd66d2f---98089600218.pdf
    • http://orderleesushi.com/uploads/files/diger.pdf
    • http://myucmas.com/userfiles/file/pedimizeditebidup.pdf
    • https://mandalaconfeccao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160981b0bb6e71---80839132531.pdf
    • http://stasta.com/userfiles/file/20430326328.pdf
    • https://hoovermaids.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/68401b13479b62fd4daaf608251e5ed4/pipize.pdf
    • http://goneviaggi.com/themes/userfiles//files/31987746184.pdf
    • https://hotelmitrutarija.com/uploaded/files/rutixefiba.pdf
    • http://jamoncup.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16123670ed484f---14131086446.pdf
    • http://fred-robin.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92180841070.pdf
    • https://resortweeks.pro/userfiles/file/60181910782.pdf
    • http://www.whirlpool-beachcomber.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f28d0e5de5b---zabizojusowa.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=dota+2+for+android+free+download+apk
    • 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_off0000cd37.bin
1ba088c8705b17c8cc6e2e21b313d61a584ccf744245855c62e04f09500f3daf
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD37 18000 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000fbb5.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBB5 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000113cc.bin
eeca3e2d29e0ba0c140d8548ab79e489394f506d63d088c5cecb71d7cb97901e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113CC 10620 bytes