Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 40e57a689b354c55…

MALICIOUS

PDF

127.8 KB Created: 2021-09-06 09:48:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 21322a76d4a8e8bb500da6ee2baf2c5c SHA-1: 5dcd9e403383cb5e6b3edebf87bfe850bec394e7 SHA-256: 40e57a689b354c55c0973b0db41e29ca45397c6e1a3313111a97689e71d4e6ee
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised websites, many of which host other PDF files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of multiple distinct hosts and link farms suggests an effort to obscure the ultimate destination or to leverage SEO poisoning.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://daindnc.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/tomobe.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.mobytec.com.br/mobytec/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9855fc8149---dulowewitisumip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qhchemicalsfeed.com/upload/files/venalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unaizahic.com/Files/files/pagofoxopuvekumuwen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://triumphtoday.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcb1598289b---74143226191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://buddingheights.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161210fe72c769---zebijix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balajihighfields.in/userfiles/file/90230859921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://litho-and-co.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/51232045679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nousgarage.com/userfiles/file/85736237909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.americanapi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160de1640c2310---26540437282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://freemansphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092c48d0a498---92486802987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blessingsngo.in/userfiles/files/gejabawubotiloruba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fasleh.net/Files/files/fiwixebiwite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.getfitcrew.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c182d2df5a---muwirotobawepuwesaxuru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seamacros.com/upload/file/85289602775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkwebdesign.com.hk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a28fd95fbb9---32058959461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ikedatosou.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d89620ce272---puvit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vanphongphampmc.com/upload/files/97755834589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.peeryhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8fcaa2d64691abef937998c4fb9b8e63/nejuruvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limsurempat.com/contents//files/wepapitilaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161283f05d0b4c.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://premiumvipbusiness.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f05252afc4932314d8e25c8103ac270/59998829071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rajaketiga.com/contents//files/tukinatutijivip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kidnuri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160714427b0f79---semunamovowere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cosalesrep.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c15c31cd469d7b8feb7f7ceae18c57d4/pifujezofagiwitifoves.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=python+crash+course+pdf+2018PDF 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_off00018722.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18722 21092 bytes
SHA-256: 07160d5bc1f8c11f3f420191e212b5cb3311869532c9c0acdd790cc1d6655e42
font_01_sfnt_off0001bed4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1BED4 11296 bytes
SHA-256: 741f933d769f183020fcd6403515dacbfebe5212fae9848f43917e9cf892b7a6
font_02_sfnt_off0001d974.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1D974 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1