Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 40eac9d6c2ff87fa…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.1 KB Created: 2021-06-27 02:09:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 2303a84e86d0ace7f05a09535e0f260b SHA-1: 5665a2c4d3236cbc2f6c6c422cfcf80b6db73d31 SHA-256: 40eac9d6c2ff87fa35f43973f67120f4512c2c77e1fe5b27f27c65220fe59155
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external URIs and links to compromised CMS upload storage, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to potentially malicious sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links are indicative of a malicious document, possibly leveraging embedded JavaScript for malicious actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=hot+oil+benefits+for+hair PDF link annotation
    • https://www.prowallpanama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/98bcce6b42f02c9988ee92abd44b9a62/37720906612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawrenceyezersky.com/userfiles/file/kuzimuxododogasudewuxufuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nanyangtextile.com/userfiles/file/27099086292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c38c6ae0b5---16071931127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abofahed.com/userfiles/file/rezuxajojutas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vico-domrep.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85028891576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northwoodmedical.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1otljjhgr27k4125gecfi4rhe6/1963272466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lukoilmarine.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/4322796916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woonhuislift.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b397124fa8d---43538179221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://revapackers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7tktroknjfgg98u9sutnc8ed7q/8765495731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vipavtoufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/19fbe73e8b1226099f16c25c760e29a5/sudurakapagiveruxabezot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.atrium-tuiles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a756d05384e---7336646079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreaslasnik.com/data/files/nabisogojomuwixozuzutolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dsodrecital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b55d9ece246---74842880143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mls.lighting/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c800b40a8a18de2f9d9ab50d97444cf1/zorepozadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://juniorsmagazine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160849a8cabed6---74607381501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kutscher-customs.de/gfx/userfiles/files/sedupupafuwedumevirebudor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://assurancemauricie.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609447c4e0c4a---xesuwakopar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canvasations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jajf617mr7v28dkcpj1oi2flk0/zozamibodijapujekive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ih30pc32sit56m4vu9qn6fdpum/xozogemavoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://normel.org/files/upload/file/dabezunavunatebopalilir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sugarfree-gelato.com/upload/file/kokumijobadebidagup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archinfo.ru/uploads/file/barogumip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.commandinglife.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cd0ba64f4f9---kibetolojijevexezovuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----9sbccjdbca7cyaieg1a3j.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7c5392b5e278d005af2e237ce7677576/kotasajiliw.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_off0000ff83.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF83 16944 bytes
SHA-256: b43e743a99d3295606a4f5498696c968059786e1d414b9895b42fb8ed3a07a38
font_01_sfnt_off00012b9e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B9E 10440 bytes
SHA-256: f51d75d4840725effbf902630c47bf2148ca358ef268fd4da88819ad4177717f
font_02_sfnt_off0001432c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1432C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1