Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 40e9d8b21c9b7796…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.2 KB Created: 2021-07-07 12:23:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 83f780ec933155bccc5f546adaf3bce5 SHA-1: b739bc4e4484b963b90d9ad4844328b8bff39bef SHA-256: 40e9d8b21c9b77967a651c36a05f307902af1d7c9f0980968594864b9968aa24
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of a 'download' button lure further supports a malicious workflow.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=nmat+mock+test+papers+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://dorinhawear.com/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/85835915437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alarrabnews.com/images/content/content/file/rodom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elicopter-de-inchiriat.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e4b5f3acb4---monalim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vienkiemis.lt/app/webroot/uploads/userfiles/files/tipogixuwap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metzpaintings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c42c626cb4---35342205752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--or3bi2da319p.com/upload/fckeditor/file/77011516689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://malashealthcare.com/userfiles/files/10896400448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ivanda-commerce.hr/userfiles/file/16129557253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamstudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d342ec3fa4f6f042233715964a11d8f8/13877538637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drivingschoolofnorthtexas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082f9e5d2722---52593958509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.heracles-hotel.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8v38clrnl2f4q56n661t8tdjus/wejaniwududorose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://singaporenotarypublic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6dc0ccc14a7d81e051e5d9ab1c17a58c/2662649258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuatro-pr.org/sites/default/files/file/80267903391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://braintradingbcn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bda2def6c9eef459da414ca6e7f14013/vibexiwig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluckywize.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073d48aa1279---leletajelike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seataclightingalaska.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a456b94cd7d350511c35359a383c739/65274893712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniroll.pl/user_images/file/xuvalasixijow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rrvchefs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/267594fef98735c622e6ffc1dbc6432f/kakamejadofifokulaxox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://busankid.com/webfiles/board/file///wisogilojudovafuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://twr1115.net/files/fckeditor/file/xesezazozuvasutifen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modern-pro.ru/files/file/18958395179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cspdental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/358568cd9d3fe0269e0d51fe4f990d1e/nusujekamudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.christinemartin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0f67a81354---92872314622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.idenet.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c22dcc981a4---firebugapiralugemuvuputo.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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f1ed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1ED 17280 bytes
SHA-256: 634625e638a756c444c7e86ef53ccba7f535aecccbba98540dc5431b13213f28
font_01_sfnt_off00011f30.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F30 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013747.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13747 10608 bytes
SHA-256: fe329e2edbf374d4c67175d848fcccb498bef942b7eeaab64d1af37196ed1dc9