Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 40e55e330faee581…

MALICIOUS

PDF

121.2 KB Created: 2021-07-04 12:32:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: ba3fb815d4f4f9cd83bd28eaad017b91 SHA-1: 6dda616e4efb02c5050d7f5fdb89c7632e7550b9 SHA-256: 40e55e330faee581e7e6b6e72d110c78687d56bc0c45847b590a4f1c7899200e
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 compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute phishing content or further malware. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9931

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 https://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=ruthless+people+book+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://earthchartercities.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e9792a790b---8219569505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chukgoobok.com/files/fckeditor/file/55009944943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullmooneye.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b59f27607f2---25150844769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://everbeenmagnet.com/js/upfiles/files/gulimis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pharmawell.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/buxavewitofesiximo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dermatologie-chamonix.com/userfiles/file/59012755598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.advancedevents.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160970cbe6e372---94598409492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sckprime.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4033c5d4184e665f9d377e90f37532c9/xazomovixax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cedresarquitectura.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c525b3edb9---talimafadefagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://affordableadobe.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63457261303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sellerflows.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e8869aa73f30d44cf21cd76e89b9fa5e/21587659455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robert-zauer.cz/userfiles/file/didomuzokiniwijinojuzip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wpsqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e8842894e42ed81aba1d1f6d1e879df3/51790001458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvsystexperts.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jnm8tnbj0t7nmbv0lee1320im5/75192669873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alphabodysupplements.com/newerac2c/userfiles/file/18695100590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pantryscan.com/123cars/imagefck/file/99247975293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.xcelsus.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c32ae104ce7---19292732065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://machinegroup.ru/img/outer/files/2638273079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bhsclassof70.com/clients/a/ac/acf0241a72c9eb28a719a759cf8a4748/File/muvufibikosokeziba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beautyreviveshop.com/newerac2c/userfiles/file/soxukavur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mamnonlittlesun.com/upload/files/96245444828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aliencosmicexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607eb436ab7d6---97663727346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alphaveneers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c0a326c86166f6532b7725aebc39b9d/wojutarovofiwisetalejet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inspirationallabels.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160842131e5b61---14008046475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00015f83.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15F83 18408 bytes
SHA-256: 2b0d3042867a65d078ad251a5315ebe7d5e592c0cdaefe73a7c4a36ec2331c77
font_01_sfnt_off0001905b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1905B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001a872.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1A872 10512 bytes
SHA-256: 3326d686c90f3577755f546ff1c7a34c31a6ba700d336b237cb3c55951b66829
font_03_sfnt_off0001c04f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1C04F 16092 bytes
SHA-256: 9d5144547e0b729630886a3ad3ce48e7da84b0115899dd9c2390406af6f0fecd