Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 40d4932c9518f0fd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.5 KB Created: 2021-07-15 14:18:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: 79a042a99cdd4ad4d48d4a3657b0d0f3 SHA-1: 257ab64ef09046af4581c1273be77460368e1c2f SHA-256: 40d4932c9518f0fdb11a8740bad724678c3c181734e7af91bba857a947a9bbc5
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, with high-confidence heuristics indicating a malformed exploit stream and links to compromised CMS uploads. The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to potentially compromised websites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution lure. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure and URL patterns are indicative of malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Malformed active-content stream length medium PDF_MALFORMED_EXPLOIT_STREAM_LENGTH
    A PDF stream that carries active/exploit-looking content has a declared /Length that does not match the recovered stream body. Malformed stream boundaries and length mismatches are common parser-evasion/supporting evidence around Reader exploit streams.
  • 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://www.lavalledesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bccb8e13c07---78479065084.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://katheran.com/clients/55933/File/xojetonufelisitikir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atolab.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cfbd7659f98d86e1df83dc5de8ec4b2a/lidoboxegosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.etoiles-recrutement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d0a5f97218f---lufobubeka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yarsan.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/124d80e062d364c6a556dccfe2de6a9a/24776595506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cameronhaddock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160822e848c100---57217481898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jrmhandling.nl/upload/file/26134850783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opusincertum.it/userfiles/files/wizamewex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://afghansolar.com/userfiles/file/bepaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jclifeschools.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b79e250554c83f03ea482250d5207f4d/51781624263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elenasteele.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093ca5012076---wefabavizenabov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://indolabtek.com/Uploads/userfiles/files/47589665331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bilmatbasim.com/userfiles/file/74844483567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actorconseil.com/files/file/95407869016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://billionbosses.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45999858924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christianboudreau.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607719fbcc3c4---33913007096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hafa-verein.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e79fb769a2614cd157430b7d0bafaacf/56692959659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://31kouqiang.com/userfiles/file/1625462025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brylka-kfz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2a3aab511c---jisamebifebat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tantusmarina.com/UserFiles/file/topakudev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cmtdental.com/upload/ckimg/files/77279413362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bfr-bialapodlaska.pl/userfiles/file/26786964569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hometextiles-consultant.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63426402998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=best+free+mind+mapping+software+for+studentsPDF 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_off0000fe27.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE27 11036 bytes
SHA-256: 4979b1df78fc12c9424e71af4e798f8445b8f793197beff89775010a9dc0f96c
font_01_sfnt_off000117b3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117B3 17264 bytes
SHA-256: 04a02e20cd955d9579b47c7eba5f36158018e39c279a68e2af4a2fb4aca5992b
font_02_sfnt_off00014491.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14491 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1