Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 40f074e0d24ff6fb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.2 KB Created: 2021-08-30 09:21:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: d2b41c63aba8565eb33502db75730033 SHA-1: 6fc1a3d392f45e61a5e3a4222993b73c215fc394 SHA-256: 40f074e0d24ff6fb9df42b4de61430b1d6cdacab5246c9d5d160f8b2899418a1
104 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and multiple external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier strongly flagged this PDF as malicious. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code or further redirect the user.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

Heuristics 6

  • 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 http://sochi-vitrazhi.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93222877504.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://reiki-roots.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612823db8dfa9---relelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anpharma.net/upload/files/26506323296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botosani.ro/img/uploads/file/60221800551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accounting789.com/ThImg/file/665982064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lumisolar.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080f22636b4d---jokawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serendipityorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072fe3fb0986---vuvulurik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharidendesignasphalt.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d6eb1599e77b0b526dee33f02680d0f/17609437340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cathyourhair.nl/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wadopinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kreasoft.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d1eaabf0d9---xijorerifukasaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viaterrestre.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160caf8ed35e5e---59409605215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krindustria.com.br/site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075ef298237e---ginuferesiwuvetadate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rescue.bg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b00616dc116---59918311220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cls-toronto.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/752e07a8463c4c112f2dcb885b303020/51639873500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kngroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afc51b211a9---3464690597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicobergamaschi.it/userfiles/files/vukotadatise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glasschneider.koeln/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s3rlimkmpiqmjqabfc70pjb7mv/79351435857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stefandes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160facf540fe40---29345385058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://event-connections.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e6415e24c11---44248547321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villaturri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a879fb30291---40601427716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aihyang.com/userfiles/file/vokisonarexositi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mziagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oc8r0h2bdr07o9uhqhq50h67k5/joxovadulelimodamivof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bluetact.com/locktactyuma/userfiles/file/49185979513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cdmvt.cz/sites/default/files/66676722218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://electrabicycles.pl/app/webroot/uploads/file/16224094969542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=the+mystery+of+black+hollow+lane+pdfPDF 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_off0000ec4a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC4A 17820 bytes
SHA-256: d6dfa8cabd3bd87464756bf45caf14226a6ce7834e23a7faf1d568a706452dbf
font_01_sfnt_off00011a7c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A7C 11188 bytes
SHA-256: e88845595d466ed5e13e68979be236ee1b9c64a2abf6e703f72f0ca710ae25bf
font_02_sfnt_off00013467.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13467 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1