Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 40d05b86887bb2e0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.2 KB Created: 2021-08-25 03:53:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 3e5e04fae6d7066a2b31e91922872497 SHA-1: a4809ad9937a6469f0587873600f78411b3b826b SHA-256: 40d05b86887bb2e08fce3f1e0d276b106ff36a96d19784037a17fad960d55d2b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics, including a critical ClamAV detection for 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan'. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier also strongly indicated maliciousness.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://szintai.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76286023394.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://citronixdeflection.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/50528198460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primax.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nhcpbplvdiukd1ukjjhtgqndh2/zerigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stratcareerservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb86ab03a11---siludofogagirezib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yaeram.com/userData/board/file/banukop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ardechetendancebrut.fr/userfiles/ardechetendancebrut.fr/file/17703028259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pensiuneavalentina.ro/app/webroot/file/79514273884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://technok.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a6115635174f10204a11410d10a5f5ed/40687002293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sns-russia.ru/userfiles/file/bozubawugoxaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msinziniering.com/userfiles/file/gizaramajupalukiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bsp-oblspl.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zamuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d683debf3b---jigiguritire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0jlgsbbpge8da7vlvjb9uvnuaa/nufexomonegaxepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.meglobalinc.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092b8029bd0d---40760012677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkwebdesign.com.hk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160717eaa5b5da---73477915850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perfecthospital.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81931701750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://officeharbor.com/pdtInfo/zemagifesunekafide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conwaychristian.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a241f4d671c---tawalenubipibetusurupiwut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musorcentrum.hu/files/article/file/76054073084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mindentudor.hu/userfiles/file/jufozeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abbwingslynnhaven.com/uploads/files/getowuzudisetabezug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lashmakerpro.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rniflumc0d7j5v66jqcugucqu7/70423711185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drivingschoolofnorthtexas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160857e98d2db7---fenikisos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://calldidocta.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9cb2184737a45c8fa4c7ebd616e207e7/30187622848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saraelv.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a937c16aa7d---37815860911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=x+ray+a+babyPDF 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_off0000dd5d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD5D 15984 bytes
SHA-256: d4b103f244f91c8a147dfb7f6f3e9b75d3d2c62a81af9411e45ea21410134e5e
font_01_sfnt_off00010655.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10655 9600 bytes
SHA-256: 9e9f0f174476c5174994b10f929054195cfd01ed7f4ed379df202dcc8f1fd45f
font_02_sfnt_off00011b2f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B2F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1