Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5b40afd30d00b4d6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

112.9 KB Created: 2021-07-22 21:57:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 103fe135fcdd1933d017c22a70e1d847 SHA-1: 238ef1e9063d495e4a258de3a8259c0d7e074704 SHA-256: 5b40afd30d00b4d6981d9571c6f37be01acfb1a4cbcf2b2dbe1ccdafc83bd56e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites and are structured as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself is designed to lure users to external, potentially malicious, content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

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://www.unicodesystems.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ia387abt21temqjq4uo5pdt3k1/27194584604.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://njsolarpower.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/92e08775a627d27926c34d7c38630023/82162789904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.actionconstructionjax.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fbc76509fe98d9161469f14c94f52f68/48184505110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prodesign31.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160907f094ac7e---luxakugolugero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mppscstudy.com/admin/usercontent/file/logozabogasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centonze-vini.com/userfiles/files/73789624597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-range.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160717b9f07e7e---jekivurujakakonevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://growourworld.com/clients/83159/File/poliw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://restavracia02.com/userfiles/file/rufitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pointcookelectrician.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bab42da5d83---88603129432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doellefjelde-mussemarked.dk/images/newsmail/file/wawojifudamibupasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2girlstrippin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160caa712c90e0---bodenodusiforum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yourtruck.be/upload/ckeditor/file/96459733217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g23u5vtobuo62kmf2ehgp7ldb5/vadujuzawuruti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artbynela.com/uploads/file/10656271241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eravukappalpalli.com/userfiles/file/3121286401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chicagoalphas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e4095556ae---3715283662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://independentmusicleague.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e6a2d20892501df603cdda9029857159/neborutodenewigusadogawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szentdorottyapatika.hu/files/linoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluviaterra.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8dcef746bfbad6e1401400276b3520e9/74404315377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pobierzplik.pl/uploads/files/xamuxejosow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://snabavto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079a7222abca---tuvakuzativosafojasuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elicopter-de-inchiriat.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082feabc7e52---72677645875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kystop.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0cjeig7h3a0qlnfckdailasm66/56349037306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.scilights.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c70ebd5503e505a56dcdd56ed0fbffd4/87667945813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=the+reef+bahamasPDF 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_off0001563b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1563B 18504 bytes
SHA-256: 8265013b96f3f96153dac7e56e877400ef059445dfb4412f2ac663bcba294644
font_01_sfnt_off00018716.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18716 10120 bytes
SHA-256: 5f610b3da3c08e0e86da6dc82b323ea9bae2fdd99c429bd0a83b04cce29fdb13
font_02_sfnt_off00019dad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19DAD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1