Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 40fee9614e76ca95…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.6 KB Created: 2021-10-12 16:50:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: dbc218aea1d46d27195c1376523c74c7 SHA-1: 847917907a6590cd8c73fbf2b2e56a4d6d793cf2 SHA-256: 40fee9614e76ca9513bff2cf0f12d6e2f177b3a013e3110095fa86b9de109b07
164 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 embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating it functions as a link farm. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to malicious sites or the execution of further malicious actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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 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://ttlh.vn/storage/ckfinder/files/67854608911.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.sidertest.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161580bc38f32d---66117404368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wlao.on.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/368505527e57d85fdd711906f8a74849/tunomarunovixuzagot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirakuramenandsushi.com/uploads/files/gewobalelizisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lifebeachvilla.com/uploads/image/files/gotodamopeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asid.rw/userfiles/file/fajozeti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fan-consultants.com.tw/ezadmin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xubapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.physedu.in/newsite/userfiles/files/sexewava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ronaldtan.nl/images/photo/27788144604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiomanzella.com/userfiles/files/bisokup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jacenter.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15833157015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ottopianos.nl/files/45212501787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nwatchonline.net/userfiles/file/zefalaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://illinoisfiscalpolicycouncil.org/app/webroot/userfiles/file/93136104385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://halanmilk.com/upload/files/15984896328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cosmeticdermatologymiamibeach.com/uploads/data/files/75471676984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hongpakthai.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34348864686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veaodaibrahma.com/uploads/image/files/niruritofupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fabrykakonwersji.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e0bb1cfb56dee9d35d74a3e3f6b5a714/45274064151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kibledergisi.net/resimler/files/53855139494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://librojuridico.com/aym_images/files/gowavopovenuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://precisionautoandac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/67e5b2cd6cf4bcc6911d90faa2704d66/kigamowobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szsahsh.com/uploads/files/35229548127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vip-cond.ru/userfiles/file/40980394276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gilboamedia.com/userfiles/file/81701217854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Xvkpad/~3/u-9XGpgKpwY/uplcv?utm_term=controversial+photos+in+historyPDF 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_off0000b982.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB982 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d199.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD199 10560 bytes
SHA-256: 5cc70824cdd3e7e8b842d9a51544980db2604a6570e6cb3dfde3e3612d0b3aa2
font_02_sfnt_off0000e9b1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9B1 16880 bytes
SHA-256: 50b3d1613ec6524d2ec9feaff7a8ccfdf58abf8be096d708f849554a960507ad