Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 40db751e8debda28…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.8 KB Created: 2021-09-01 03:19:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 48e646c5e24fd2beaf65a49702c7c114 SHA-1: a0fff4b4cfcd4530a32152b67925c15c834b0b9b SHA-256: 40db751e8debda288aea37088cee2e816c1c90764b941712c10be842664a48b4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://taaltoetsvo.nl/userfiles/file/putamuvul.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://paykaaluminiya.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ruvaxofusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aqbnb.com/uploadfile/file/36326089806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://galluccifaibano.com/userfiles/file/genubupanakeban.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://livinglearningandworking.org/clients/e/e0/e05af8355f71d8da3aa90f500b9284b3/File/juwovaxizejawewopuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://westcoastmovers.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8g0kksfaru17hj74brvabkvbp5/befajidulakegizevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://az4group.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4740d51345---1213744365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jjmassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e42106633ce6a7bdeb81b3e88c62e1fe/3110796237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fiambreszav.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/794af719ab9f1390a5e2f77c8746d99d/tumiwizititesosef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://metricgroup.it/uploads/file/9085622287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autobedrijvenindex.nl/images/uploads/60883076478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicobonoli.com/userfiles/files/7845323394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leads-bd.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gewexigeki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jesuseslaroca.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092a4f79e093---75965905597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aviapartner.biz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38273228636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m3vi98osr1571e1gc7v77c43e7/45992024127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bloomeng.com/uploads/80221084586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tetobox-budapest.hu/uploads/files/48840592663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuuhoatudong.com/upload/files/libedere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hagensmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612394f558b7d---71407291443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tocgia247.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ps600kofbo2kbgb04v4k2u519v/xiliteniganadorixosifuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://12tiga.com/contents//files/kezigejowamoripe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theagentpipeline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160864ae9af93d---19335725733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=world+of+warcraft+classicPDF 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_off0000bf0a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBF0A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d71c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD71C 15896 bytes
SHA-256: dee34a0f00a6855d05095b5bec0b3cb6d0bae61011bcae099a093eeaf5831cd0
font_02_sfnt_off0000ffbe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFBE 10312 bytes
SHA-256: 2b8195f93adddba52c024854cb1c8204f7523b82ac4ec982c6bdbde6a3f77218