Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 40feac2107fe4e8c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.0 KB Created: 2021-07-21 18:47:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 316f09566d9c8a469425bd8499896ab1 SHA-1: 226a125bf614ae0c2701fc7e9e8d034700dd2407 SHA-256: 40feac2107fe4e8cce8e5c2628235ef9d04f1bfa4415d84df9d9589ff8882e9d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains a link farm with numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or conduct phishing. The PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristic indicates a deliberate effort to obscure the true destination through a large number of low-reputation links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9915

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://aligokdemir.com/resimler/files/luroninamuxelidabuja.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://tulsacentral1963.com/clients/3/39/398188050227c7f1c8b3045a0a865105/File/73701510180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://womensmentalhealthmd.com/clients/9/9a/9a9ccad1be43d50cbc9928f06550b956/File/82429950819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ne-moloko.ee/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b8bd278d8f4e1521d9c1d5ad58edea1d/90571164403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omegapizza.net/uploads/files/21986741826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dodici12.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/32k40f9dbpc4to04g5gefv0881/zupawonewoxefisonejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refour.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/32187555d61ca4b4c2ae9c3ee11429a3/55373720733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sevgiliyevideo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1e3eb1278d---bogupupuvonebibotiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cheumst.com/upload/fckeditor/file/navidasibinewewuremamitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uitvaartverzorgingsindex.nl/images/uploads/nelosaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvgrup.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160874084224fa---24194517156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diversecityuk.com/userfiles/file/6242339763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608294619886e---38355785093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kamkmori.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/limezejomajaledevas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pacantioquia.org/aym_image/files/budivalekesikab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gs-gleichmann.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c9e1f7fcfd---53904620985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://journeypeople.cc/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a3c37ea490a7ea6e45e9c82cddf1612/newufamopumefonorimuxusaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.a-fairys-choice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc3ae290ea---fugerotumunirix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finsura-lifedirect.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ee6cbba5483---20119168559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://movesforfree.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/87caeoj4mthlngruula93skt87/gavezujeradenas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://summithigh75.com/clients/867147/File/togejepafobimotod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tessuno.com/upload/files/60f24ea2cceb4.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discarga.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b34060ac4f2---xesopobopazunepalax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gauravkankariya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/82af683auqk6aog3ul9gf4onp4/koronefovatuditu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aadhar-interior.com/userfiles/file/kimanekifakigetizoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://birons.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef87264d8046cb813d96ef9f5c0bedc0/12156760979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=simple+syrup+rosemaryPDF 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_off0000bfc4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBFC4 14776 bytes
SHA-256: fb64377fada2a67c46bf6df292f056c8404d83b7e886cd83f77cc2f690363d35
font_01_sfnt_off0000e4a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4A4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000fcbb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCBB 10500 bytes
SHA-256: d211e28dc798a1fbccca3223439530fb21ed10b678ba81d02adc5b12038d1ccc