Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 440e2a9c590c8967…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.1 KB Created: 2021-07-03 21:24:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: c61e06d64f6ffe55f961eda3a362cda6 SHA-1: d1ab92d8494a8fb7e0a315b9822e4ca2cbdf6fda SHA-256: 440e2a9c590c8967c6ae64847d34129abc14491cdd1b7d39db55fa62fab91442
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and by an ML classifier as malicious. It contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm used for phishing or malware distribution. The PDF structure and embedded content indicate it's designed to redirect users to potentially harmful external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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 https://deltagroup.bg/uploads/file/13696341868.pdf
    • http://mynigaoe.com/upload/file/20210515113517.pdf
    • http://ranjitabiswas.com/userfiles/files/41259296078.pdf
    • http://skup-laptopow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160976c9561116---6273912324.pdf
    • http://www.scmphotography.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607068f5008d3---linofu.pdf
    • http://smartcookieacademy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7386898f0d---nomijiburejenizulefiz.pdf
    • https://coachtourbusrental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8bd765107e---nevevomavejoxurefisopoz.pdf
    • https://www.bocamvigliesrooms.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/14bb5a288836ac8dd6c02bfa3032fd60/18147072284.pdf
    • http://www.hkwebdesign.com.hk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160717eaa5b5da---73477915850.pdf
    • https://www.verpoort-bouw.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f42664cd1e---wizubikud.pdf
    • https://www.geosuiteonline.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160930f07cf80b---33068044419.pdf
    • https://alkhairi.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/20fc8766e390fb25042227e74d879eed/ditugamojerowomatiwuwe.pdf
    • http://vdgairconditioning.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0d9d459dad---49347177909.pdf
    • https://skyfireconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fjdkgvci7bu9u4t1gjle1m1ttr/gokapifilozazataxupe.pdf
    • https://klcmekatronik.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26886789988.pdf
    • http://al-bandak.com/userfiles/file/85290794005.pdf
    • http://boothbayharborshipyard.com/userfiles/file/kagiboroviwizeresaze.pdf
    • https://myphi.biz/nbloom/fckuploads/file/23459792910.pdf
    • http://nguyenquangcomputer.com/upload/ck/files/serimatomokewodidebofa.pdf
    • http://rhoptik.cz/klienti/devel/sneznerolby.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57538469115.pdf
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1qka918lk2n1kjs8273gg438t3/42309902922.pdf
    • https://zohopinler.com/calisma2/files/uploads/jizumetivekuxaduvomunen.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=air+force+ufo
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f0e3.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0E3 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000108f5.bin
793e2ce67275947a4972556830b8f0e9983e7b8909bf994b544d4fa1348cd1a2
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108F5 17352 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013642.bin
2810eaf5550fc1104bc717c135796a865acf9bddf3fc104a4dfbfb25b365dfab
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13642 9832 bytes