Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 40fadf31ac0d0721…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.3 KB Created: 2021-09-07 10:55:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 80694fa971cf62d17a5a4d390a6c4f9d SHA-1: 435df83af788b4d9454d685d3df62ff80bb721bf SHA-256: 40fadf31ac0d072186efe1b4497dacabb50033c29d21c77ec94d38d6140408f3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The file also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to external resources, many hosted on compromised CMS uploads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing sites or download further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 http://kccmaul.com/files/files/pexugifebitopud.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.burit.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098130d9afa3---69572196945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eske.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f3102a9563---64261796200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grapes4u.ca/sites/all/sites/grapes4u.ca/files/kupelejamobilava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kimbuunguyen.com/uploads/userfiles/file/kelexiwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ikedatosou.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b97f0a7283a---xowobatak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreagarciam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d05911545b8---niwenawomovotinujigurijil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://friluftsgruppen.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d33aa81766---kisejuzekav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gernano.eu/gfx/userfiles/files/faxifuziwuwufex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ilc.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h04fr33e2f8op6o01gmbd09m03/27586887157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://call.ae/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160777220659d1---42697307211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://volvo-cars.jp/js/upload/files/biwekaburebajekatodajodem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://streetnn.ru/data/upload/ck/files/lonejikogamelexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aplusadvance.com/naver_editor/data/file/84750249392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dioceseofniranam.org/userfiles/file/28505639147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skazkavdom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a85dc60bd207b2f4f5ff0410014e927c/fubofojojux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.opencalgary.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ee95b7a49d---gaduzozajek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://g3az.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079ff3c25fa4---jupavimope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hptindia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092ac1b0d8ef---6190098118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aadhar-interior.com/userfiles/file/70809282837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://4cmedica.com/ficheiros_upload/file/70900046696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pincailight.com/zk/UploadFile/file/2021061905563473499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alohasafaris.com/files/23158564656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onlinemidias.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51713674839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diysmart.net/userfiles/file/fanilozusajizusaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=pdf+file+compress+less+than+2mbPDF 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_off0000e777.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE777 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ff8e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF8E 11148 bytes
SHA-256: 2dec3e26d869381f99f0fb6cf0b581d1a20434c7c6192a5864967e5e664f3967
font_02_sfnt_off0001192a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1192A 17692 bytes
SHA-256: 376acf847f2a2f8d0b5a1c65a87a2086ae0fa7c86b0e049a052271742cbd1d02