Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 40ed2ff3de898768…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.1 KB Created: 2021-07-05 04:45:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: d2115cf2e7dc9f491c6df33315321fe3 SHA-1: 38ea34115049d81e5efc7d9de14a6466c550ab99 SHA-256: 40ed2ff3de898768084f6b40d0274cbf6d996af0b6b799da884672472132c823
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery through these links. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9924

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 https://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=experience+of+a+rainy+day+paragraph
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rjd9f9sm8m0lceat5gosu7e6i1/61365157085.pdf
    • https://brandonsmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e66pu1eekoaqaqqgf8vi7o183/93581398718.pdf
    • http://assushop.com/userfiles/assushop.com/file/muzifujupimawatufemofuto.pdf
    • https://ltgtrends.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c9ae9beb11cb836fee303010353f5469/55100536125.pdf
    • https://www.kiteschule-kiel.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a85bc4d6edd---83103119440.pdf
    • http://training-solutions.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160784e400aa21---55128815615.pdf
    • https://growmytruck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4bee021d27f3559a54148d2721623e95/tokesafoxexex.pdf
    • http://domplus.su/userfiles/files/joxesexuvifevop.pdf
    • https://gamletaarnhuset.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c494daa9bb5---51780938513.pdf
    • http://uralinteh.com/uploads/files/33900303262.pdf
    • http://brandnewgoods.net/userfiles/file/93622755396.pdf
    • http://minhvuongthuphap.com/upload/ck/files/19674052871.pdf
    • https://securitegenerale.tn/userfiles/file/fajusapuxirotaw.pdf
    • http://njnccualumni.com/clients/0/05/05b55d2c4c342460da0dc2f503861b12/File/76203504477.pdf
    • https://realimpacto.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c27e71c8a7---kevofowuvasemanakebobo.pdf
    • http://zkojicin.cz/userfiles/file/fexevalopugibujavitepiw.pdf
    • https://www.truesdalepainting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4c22271312---97095477780.pdf
    • https://pensionatiitalianiinportogallo.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fbfea62910de480bd47cb858c11b09db/nexonesusad.pdf
    • https://pakistanchristiancongress.org/userfiles/file/94912443738.pdf
    • http://www.vnos.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/92829051946.pdf
    • https://xn--mietkndigungsrecht-best-gpc.de/userfiles/file/46070538849.pdf
    • http://www.itbaloch.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e600399e55---41213868440.pdf
    • http://speaklifeiamgreatness.com/files/files/zavevimowepuketojuroxizo.pdf
    • https://yourtuscanyguide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rujalpum5130igs9q3vd2jmtt5/91019135488.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000efd3.bin
eeaad4cf301fa84fc7d4890f7dc1f59d1f47fb42a1f8dce2644f78493cbe1ae0
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFD3 17104 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011c6c.bin
e400a9de6b84a5f84fd398ba6cdf63404ed198d3254d05027915c74d6ea3d1ba
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C6C 10784 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000134f9.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x134F9 16792 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off00014d0a.bin
fcca37035df06e555c2991ff65faa0e8497ca6423bee408ebc46b3aef925b516
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14D0A 16144 bytes