Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 40fdd05457b0c1c2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.5 KB Created: 2021-09-08 20:18:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 8b69db4189249675e0654bad72cad6a6 SHA-1: 3ece07e9b7bd9db307edfaebb7d8e65efdf4b358 SHA-256: 40fdd05457b0c1c27f1130362869defc3efa1a3a00bd14d2b4610d69206d292a
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links pointing to external resources, many of which are hosted on compromised websites or disposable domains. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the links suggest an attempt to redirect the user to a malicious payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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
  • PDF link to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://www.superioreagle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131d63a7fa27---zoves.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.sg-callenberg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161334850c21e3---56045940193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harom.ro/files/file/ralilizutonir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rambud.pl/uploaded/file/malurapagaruzamoxuveb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.piramideidiomas.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rexonoluxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://palazzodiaz.com/userfiles/files/47219250735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gml.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f7efd03978---fuzimadoxap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baharev76.ru/userfiles/file/zopeveluwiwoteb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carraracucinecomponibilitrapani.it/userfiles/files/41881254424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rallstarawards.us/nbloom/fckuploads/file/74259854416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://analhospital.net/file/files/madodupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ka-base.no/images_students/files/xepijaduzukixafizerexupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loyd.rs/images/file/24905473207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mamalight.net/business_school/uploads/file/79169073878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maryamghiasi.com/images/upload/files/zenelalew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hs-hofgastein.salzburg.at/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jotokexifoxinaparefor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://davidfoleyinc.com/userfiles/file/pesuvapojevopanubevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matraholding.hu/images/userfiles/files/89537848004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://123podkrovie.sk/editor_uploads/files/duzaduxejulonuseg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://embeddedhr.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65393909798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bebelino.ru/userfiles/file/34423585174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://le-lemniscus-incandescent.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/tamawinipobavebusafazode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mcdelandes.ca/uploads/file/88221750674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=factoring+by+completing+the+square+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_off0000dd7b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD7B 18488 bytes
SHA-256: 805c500de51ba7c69441d404cc3911aba28cc49cf340092d154b6caf593ced02
font_01_sfnt_off00010daa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DAA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000125c1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125C1 11544 bytes
SHA-256: 18c886cc4c99af81299d837c9606afd53e720a1a2c4165c5b71adc844b3aaa95