Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 40f30ccc590916a0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

123.7 KB Created: 2021-06-28 07:45:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: d52ca04c50cfbc8e8e6c7faf006114a5 SHA-1: 733a1a9729cf8e128cfdecf6260a55090dcbe7b5 SHA-256: 40f30ccc590916a0dd8d8c494b3abfd894ab6251f8812668be451c0d39e3df22
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains numerous embedded links pointing to various domains, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The heuristic firings indicate malformed exploit streams and a link farm strategy, suggesting the document is designed to redirect users to malicious content. ClamAV detection and ML classification further support its malicious nature, likely as a phishing or malware distribution vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9838

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
  • Malformed active-content stream length medium PDF_MALFORMED_EXPLOIT_STREAM_LENGTH
    A PDF stream that carries active/exploit-looking content has a declared /Length that does not match the recovered stream body. Malformed stream boundaries and length mismatches are common parser-evasion/supporting evidence around Reader exploit streams.
  • 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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=the+witcher+books+in+order+to+read PDF link annotation
    • http://www.skupp.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ff57644bb0---piwigodejufogowafojolos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ophtalmic-overnight.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9f36d9ab6c---dolemisawom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://precedent.by/_newsite/images_from_html_editor/file/fexosagupadezaneju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quatcongnghieput.com/uploads/files/feragajemoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://empylean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pc3uf8vvur597ntgk9s6m53ioa/76970592901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alignerco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dfc52cb88e2b60fe04ea4c026993b905/fixajorinolipikisadiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://immobilgold.com/file/41391142843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polinagerz.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rmu8m7kve98gga4kflls5eemac/diremawipugefazoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aceonlinementors.com/userfiles/file/56707242309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hit-education.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oqm9qk336kaj6bkdf3erleokkk/92815934848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fitnessrev.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ea76i92vh6hnb9h70adqa2hh8p/74089109547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rusiuojigalvoji.lt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0449f0e56c---fuxotewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://escolacaritas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160728554eb778---moguxiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phonefixcomo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4c854a8c74---76527420523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://firmykominkowe.pl/Obrazki/edytor/file/sabolezojijuvilonom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medicentrumnz.eu/medicentrum/files/file/jagimudugesuwozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.qbuildsoftware.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9835356d3bda11a0a9dbdfcf860b61d4/zawujekedeporefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://traonguoc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dfflb7df41hmog5rqeb91ripnh/27915044033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spheresignal.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/migexibitipametemudidex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clearlakesd.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abdaf649f6c---56627975044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ptecrpevmn9ggmhoqoj30nhsa4/88459802908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.saenger-ohg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0806a71316---tijikolidusixigibotagif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.paparazzirestaurant.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ac4d6a5eec0a27e7aeceb383dbc0d30/4945277866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majoriscambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9ddbbd9bec---nodijimogupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.qookspot.kitchen/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ac4491754e---xiwovuwawabiwusuzoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gdbchurch.com/clients/43262/File/52923831004.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_off0001807a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1807A 17960 bytes
SHA-256: b9430f3b6e9ff426c71d771c259e9b398bdbadbf7c37405685e4a1a3131c6c43
font_01_sfnt_off0001aef3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1AEF3 10700 bytes
SHA-256: 24afd570faef5c009515431cd399dcbd54c02d1367b16de622066fce3988bdaa
font_02_sfnt_off0001c792.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1C792 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1