Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 40e09bf90b36d978…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.2 KB Created: 2021-09-09 07:09:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: fdd67c94628dfca0b5a89b0613763758 SHA-1: f2eb1e74b42230124958482a7427089d27b8e4ed SHA-256: 40e09bf90b36d97833587e08b38c8ad1e3e133a8c4a02ccd9059c0e726486326
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code within the PDF viewer.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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://watch62.ru/files/files/novesubimikejowux.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://baconbites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2iujonh7l5hlfd891chjnt9lc3/73375589903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onishi-kyosendo.jp/archive/wiboxudoposugepane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nayyaralidada.com/alpha/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kolej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://weiddy.com/uploads/files/202109011131054919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chrisdepanneservices.fr/Sites/cds/files/tosukumulamuveje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mattweidnerlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161327348188a7---detomedoribinif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://siripanyalamphun.com/user_img/files/89650377990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samowar.ch/upload/file/tafefugevuzokave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paymentor.nl/uploads/file/14662552321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxesystem.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fenijifegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://es-umzuege-transporte.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/42d6c444759d1d9d789bed1bd00c847c/73568375060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaie.org/userfiles/file/20210909062402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naasschoolofmotoring.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/77373050788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jjw-led.com/userfiles/file/melujizozeriv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.sk/upload/79555602786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cn-polylysine.com/d/files/bofebuzep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mclarenpress.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613744ab5900c---lezixaraf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://runhouchem.com/upload/files/30386732704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ladymamashop.com/uploads/files/202109072142331711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viceda.com/userfiles/file/zuvunaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centralgiving.com/media/userfiles/file/sixenozegadifitajuwisupul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://selapro.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47365843459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://justsayhi365.com/uploads/file/14785952521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nullemont.fr/nullemont/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94589923013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=obsequious+in+a+sentencePDF 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_off0000cfaf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCFAF 18308 bytes
SHA-256: 70f5d6250b593d161ed78c56d12bfac45ffcb99ea214d2c234e535cc4292ec8d
font_01_sfnt_off0000feee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFEEE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011705.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11705 10488 bytes
SHA-256: 08ce0d6834ba1fbee58f582457e1c69c14cf11d141ada651081da67a080eb234