Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7040c8a69d916552…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.6 KB Created: 2021-09-07 11:27:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: b5af985bc7038ceb4da26717db03e36c SHA-1: 81c4e851de2051cb522cf19d0f89d745b03bf7f1 SHA-256: 7040c8a69d91655206d6436ecaec439240ab52152bbe8869347e31730364c026
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, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple domains, some of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. Embedded JavaScript streams are also present, suggesting potential for further malicious actions like payload delivery or exploitation.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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 https://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a6d474ce0c6431862eb9bcf1941b1b83/dotilagofekezaza.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://aberdeeneyes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afa0b99b20b---36173313938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.191seo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ca9fdbf3c5---41863062191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fedime.org/imagenes/tudizumaxop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ackerviewguesthouse.com/userfiles/file/zisuvez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sharpeningfactory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3003eb65f7---95032356884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lesson-online.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jf7rhheqourgamd7jojqd3bfd0/28946175005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://broadstripe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f40c305444c64ef25ec4885aac0c475e/63549793933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noddy.nu/images/file/wapugobujurawotub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedbusiness.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6dfae4165f31ad2e6fc09a9a47cea603/pozasimotigilimeduz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://improntediteatro.it/userfiles/files/vitaroforudijeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actaviaserica.org/board/file/files/91747122201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwfinlay.com/uploads/files/dorilutefosixojikupufovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imagebrandstudio.com/userfiles/file/soxuximigabonerabizurokuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akademia-jedenastka.pl/zdjecia/fck/file/xomubuwofebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xahscw.com/userfiles/file/42059485276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://due.pt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25953034511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elfobchod.cz/foto/Image/file/ganuvofexaserunaravajikax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mamproducciones.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1c560d64a3---37500549803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://completecollegestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9d3a1b4ac1062dc798b8f27ba983e975/xujakoxuxomadunamepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psfund.org/public/uploads/files/cms_files/85677083762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woodwork.pl/ubezpiecz/obrazy/file/81249536335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gelblighting.com/userfiles/files/rikisaxag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mgmkt.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d010da56ce---83531631481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pensiunea-escape.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50818779433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brighterhealthcare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k6bnc0k13ujff42euphscm3o64/felogajudamoragateduwuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=saudi+vision+2030+summary+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_off0000ee56.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE56 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010668.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10668 19960 bytes
SHA-256: ac4cf9b0d81d0428e32d2eaf06765459ee8090afca2b2dc1cdcda72507bea902
font_02_sfnt_off00013a8f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A8F 11152 bytes
SHA-256: a7363f7ddf992d9746a32e3ee546a793681e100e9be1f0cb2a3157be256a71b5