Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 40e37a273689f5c8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.0 KB Created: 2021-09-10 06:46:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: d759c7373a9699368b9fe500e32afcd2 SHA-1: 1b18acd790a0f403fed6ae94e991127af44b9ab9 SHA-256: 40e37a273689f5c83291a0c356b301e2ab9925601f22fe23d0eeb3ef201d2dc5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious content. The PDF also hosts a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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
  • 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://zhongguohuachun.com/d/files/zufexomidika.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://brmhn.com/userfiles/file/20210901055507_x62gfs.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-gypsum.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613656dfcd6ee---19859231990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://learnrkbin.jugalbandiresearch.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43085316737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://z-sinpro.com/upload/files/18380485760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hiace-yoshikawa.com/js/upload/files/fuzunofiroguxojozofuxiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lookupagency.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133e549be8e2---birilivaxexusifuranuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prodesign31.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161311a033de5d---38156164639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.webtony.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133363e07944---60373399380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--3e0b556bhrbowi6undva.com/ckupload/files/43152685940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daiduongmetal.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/gefagegewukulivapaxup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroynerud-sm.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161341bc0a97c3---jefatevopasegar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flapboxes.com/userfiles/files/94454033291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.financedeclined.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613414c7d1674---18920212656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eltdb.com/UserFiles/files/guxokutozowekukopovozesit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://franklcalabreseattorney.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/biwibumasojuwiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argra.rs/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130662271778---nilagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lucky-erotic-massage-bucharest.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fenaxevizabub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jaqalsports.com/files/file/69285941464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amuseonline.com/absite/userfiles/file/noxar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kwik-it.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f05d990f93---mabijixogibesomivazaxuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hpx.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b07dd022b151b8230f098d15e1593d52/89356591053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tybistanbul.org/resimler/files/likupobibedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=subway+surfers+unlimited+coins+and+keys+generator+downloadPDF 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_off0000da81.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA81 18556 bytes
SHA-256: fa1573fc5447e510cdc8e40ef2f7700a1adfcad9d8f826dcac08d52f6aa0960a
font_01_sfnt_off00010a9d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A9D 11428 bytes
SHA-256: ace06985dd9c15a2bc47f9c78a153b84ea6c4bfb863d2faf1ed08f2a1142697d
font_02_sfnt_off0001256f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1256F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1