Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 40f609263b83a9a8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.0 KB Created: 2021-09-05 15:55:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: eeb63108598ad7e9af166bfb866ce681 SHA-1: 879ea01fe76f2b5c2c967b4f9a0c21529d6debb2 SHA-256: 40f609263b83a9a8e7db75650dade28e8f1b853d086ce1a6d00329e2a241313f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to redirect users to malicious websites. The heuristics indicate the PDF acts as a link farm, pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and other potentially malicious domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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 https://championsforchildren.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ad48036ac64e6aa1ebd0b5836a6dd2e/75788271638.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://koffiewarenhuis.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/tiruvujasokanoradomekum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aksaxena.com/bpms/includes/fckeditor_uploads/userfiles/file/xadegipobuwezametud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serextion2006.com/js/upload/files/juzufagam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cancunday.com/travela/img/files/79159966407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bizbecho.com/pa/trainstation/uploads/image/file/figiwefeze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://findmealocalpainter.com/insurazon/admin/userfiles/file/70189296140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tecsal.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cddb4a308e---6132569105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tuabogadoangel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/084749271c7673ff7647e2c19b833e1e/72412413723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etkindenetim.com/resimler/files/sedekusebesudituwalop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://staceyasp.com/UserFiles/file/9997295408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://culbertsonlawyer.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/77985901043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fietenhaardenenkachels.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160808f28f10a2---87841183611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webtechnocrats.com/upload/file/71487048114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reszke.pl/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/file/25458217444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://namthangbasaltstone.com/uploads/image/files/nawano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archinfo.ru/uploads/file/ziwanabawepazatulut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://techson-cctv.com/upload/file/51831985155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kmclogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1479cb8bdb4b843ac0abc819e3c293e0/lunanifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sportsbettingconsultants.net/cote_dor_import/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tifebebeno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccswcd.com/userfiles/file/10050254788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wenyanchem.com/upload/files/19405042111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theemperorsoldclothes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8b76gsgnk11dqvi10hjfdsliad/kipetegupigajudejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thepetrichortouch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s2reta4i644auiq1cn03r7lvea/wugibemuxevog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=motion+in+one+dimension+problem+d+worksheet+answersPDF 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_off00010940.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10940 10968 bytes
SHA-256: d33cc2a9e6636f9da30af05ea3671d11cb1de9df2bcd2fe994def9341feb168b
font_01_sfnt_off00012255.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12255 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013a67.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A67 18280 bytes
SHA-256: 1faf48accd33d31272f2dc71030a2c0bd6cf77b1495ad772cce8de6d0d96de8a