Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9b40b40a5c039907…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.1 KB Created: 2021-07-01 11:38:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 14a960da6e8528a6127644d33ea31c5e SHA-1: 11f827b12c195b318d19a595420cc5d299891687 SHA-256: 9b40b40a5c03990795699aaead6c0e69de2d2ccf969a07840e7858fb826a33e5
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF sample was flagged by multiple heuristics as a link farm, with several URLs pointing to compromised CMS uploads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing or malware distribution sites. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL analysis suggest a phishing or credential harvesting attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9963

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.wikiwebagency.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a9477b1712fdb9599dd154602133ea30/5450131077.pdf
    • http://sistersaviopublicschool.com/userfiles/file/zewojimoxofire.pdf
    • https://qualitylightsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a22be4f3898f42da17f96e5578a42618/67920599535.pdf
    • https://bbensonmft.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d14ec20c380306cb1182ac1b2a88b318/lagunomosojitotovibex.pdf
    • http://doubletroubels.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607498d5a6c6b---37817857215.pdf
    • http://pajurioverslas.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kozomeveputatovuko.pdf
    • http://aryajob.com/user_upload/file/fekutokidajewekegupu.pdf
    • http://df-foundry.net/d/files/tefajuputi.pdf
    • http://aaexpansionjoint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c595a567c3a---90434554980.pdf
    • http://xedaptap.net/userfiles/file/fijowowofudarewatasisug.pdf
    • https://vmkstroi.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/577d1f79e23a380a3bda5def7da7453e/82654083495.pdf
    • http://staractivecollection.com/resimler/site/files/84567525066.pdf
    • http://salonlomi.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c97d24dfad---dikekufezatuken.pdf
    • https://www.opdrrustukalac.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f8fe4ba6ba---91700774306.pdf
    • https://primeodontorj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ffb037dbfc57898e3d21f3fa0f8dee3/wasoro.pdf
    • http://rajskiewakacje.pl/userfiles/file/6316893904.pdf
    • http://quickfix-poland.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af82c85980e---molozelexamazo.pdf
    • https://festival.bg/fckeditorfiles/file/ditivabitoku.pdf
    • https://ahreco.com/uploads/news_file/xewerejube.pdf
    • https://www.waterlooarmsnewforest.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e6078bf978487e05961008a2abeb9b94/18513815728.pdf
    • http://aqbnb.com/uploadfile/file/20471136385.pdf
    • https://avenirpourtous.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2e07a8e125---5651493216.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=igcse+maths+circle+theorems+exam+questions
    • 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_off0000c142.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC142 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000d959.bin
7ff3c7b3af0b84f02fb623430cbb48493a8f7686dd9df0728ff78d11e3f4c86c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD959 10976 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000f258.bin
bed93c30e19a793ee55a743d8402e59b8abc41e7d1e271d5a847f038e9ac5a60
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF258 17076 bytes