Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 40fa484aac508bda…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.3 KB Created: 2021-09-01 09:33:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: ba0fdb19579a33b13391d97734d83822 SHA-1: 517a0b6c2e078c07f1b528a8ececea9f808a51f5 SHA-256: 40fa484aac508bda8fede3813651b3411e0651a884550f9c372e8698ecacec77
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is a PDF file flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and a machine learning classifier with high confidence. Heuristics indicate malformed streams and a link farm pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs point towards an attempt to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9909

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
  • 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 http://sicilalluminio.it/userfiles/files/wobowu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://tdbakademi.org/userfiles/files/23466710609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opalbiosciences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae3214ee5af---52569948211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esipro.fr/userfiles/file/xatujubaramu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://droprint.my/home/ququ4923/public_html/userfiles/file/kazomegoxoturugupewofipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mistral-paints.cz/userfiles/files/fusewoweragibigaxiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drapa-technika.cz/UserFiles/File/dexudetujavepineraba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kennyre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16109270fe7a2e---wadanonipivijomemen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luatsuavina.com/userfiles/file/96057847649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chinahkcarplate.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a3e5d8a44e---favota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://otvorene-srdce.sk/userfiles/file/kitudetinazoxuvamebokug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yevres.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86709256125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.infrascale.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/da0ff96f6838cfe88a7d9c4ea043eb3b/42273361866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inruho.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lofibomonomavula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quinta.cl/upload/files/75618770498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pasarangroup1.com/contents//files/vugemimakerisetajekolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://profisystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5837c4d0b7---jomasoxeduvulunaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rtquery.reitoken.org/Coaching123/images/files/bosamofoterojasagipotowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bebaldebaran.eu/userfiles/files/41982207338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediabandit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ccd7b462a7d---74893402943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marathonlaval.com/userfiles/files/ramevamanipewupazus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thisissati.com/userfiles/files/32502132339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tramag.pl/upload/file/22577312800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sacda.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bhsi8vnodqm8upath0p8mo3hd1/tulebenozufomaribujuro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heilpraxis-pankow.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070fb4f73d9c---duxaparakizuxebebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bizdrive.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1608467a19d5e6---wolijurenofaleraletekawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://regmac.net/userfiles/files/mufat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=best+way+to+heal+a+pulled+hamstringPDF 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_off0000ba29.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBA29 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d23b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD23B 14176 bytes
SHA-256: 386bb3589abd8fd81a40dcf2d1e62711ebd510b6b2d9e0bcdaeb185dfa6bbaf8
font_02_sfnt_off0000f551.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF551 11192 bytes
SHA-256: cd8c18b96b07349035527eedc6f830e6240e356eb3ae8e8587dcd74c572249bf