PDF malware analysis — malicious · 40e2217f7b72971b

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.9 KB Created: 2021-09-02 05:14:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11

MD5: f6b49c125f26e5ae8f772b2342e46d82 SHA-1: 09f4d4fe3ac28366fbe78ab8d109a2374e51325f SHA-256: 40e2217f7b72971bc85468b162fb3f121b9e90af7d2a6be2bd488dfb33b0b1a6

164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple external URLs, some hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to phishing pages or download further malware. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://kondicionery-krasnogorsk.ru/upload_picture/file/38312691000.pdf In PDF document text
- http://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160907f9222f3c---97492182713.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://matfreklam.com/calisma2/files/uploads/mesanopaka.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://www.photobreak.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160945b81e6f57---kazonafaxunogavum.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://shsclassof1970.org/clients/872719/File/vuzinajulaterodasuwofab.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://adbetelparaguay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/02f68cdfd491a9d10d81e7ee6c737a89/6226558919.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://mediabandit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a553ba449e8---3594025766.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://moraure.net/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54334453196.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://evergreencans.com/userfiles/file/vivogagugazakopofiwomivam.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://envigest.cz/upload/file/10768587907.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://makesrealsense.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sepotek.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://www.studiolegalefusimorelli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160963e3f87f08---48989856633.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://fullgame.hu/uploads/files/24272183058.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://eco-versute.com/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/moveruwoku.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://socialbomjesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070a257424ad---96346869674.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://snoman.mb.ca/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29744354694.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://atlantichomeportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9285309720---59470861063.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://www.scilights.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/58aa6732a8fbd6a5e112acdff80c98be/61619451787.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://estidevelopers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e12687d8ee6db9bfbeb66a85a24c07d/34483877355.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://zrdb-drogbud.pl/Upload/file/xapefiraw.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://www.lumisolar.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcaed592afd---redileropitofokikame.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://ipvoicenj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096c13b45005---90509693045.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://unicon-msk.ru/data/files/xazofupidokuruvitevakili.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://minutemen-jrotc.com/clients/84940/File/86847861087.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://cffcommunications.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160ac645c3d3b1---tolixilejipipimipik.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=boy+names+three+lettersPDF 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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`font_00_sfnt_off0000dd37.bin`	pdf-font-stream	PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD37	17480 bytes
SHA-256: `d504cafa8a27f34bd56b232ed2b94b1983f35130739e218702ca7acd7b1ee8c0`
`font_01_sfnt_off00010a32.bin`	pdf-font-stream	PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A32	10448 bytes
SHA-256: `f556012f4cb8ab4119e374e8e57687fd81652fcd48cb1c051d9594d133964dc9`
`font_02_sfnt_off000121c8.bin`	pdf-font-stream	PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121C8	16792 bytes
SHA-256: `9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1`

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