Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a040fdaf68bfdc52…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.7 KB Created: 2021-09-01 01:52:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 5e23a1e35c50c9f3ccb3bb9064357650 SHA-1: d65d03de142e47eca3939d3ad6a7c5250902e8df SHA-256: a040fdaf68bfdc52175fb5e03a49d8ac4bfa24fbfd64599b29c2b4da354d4175
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.001 User Execution: Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The presence of urgency lures further supports a phishing pretext.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=place+value+questions+and+answers
    • http://www.nisbd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c75da55416---13164299412.pdf
    • https://pluviaterra.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d09d492ce9470d8f5286a5e0692b25e3/dinaxagoborexapikafane.pdf
    • https://tecsal.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075bf3a9c57c---vasilimilizisa.pdf
    • http://bradhelferlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/83586774841.pdf
    • http://www.inhd.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160703e71e1c26---zubawufevuse.pdf
    • http://traditionsradio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f3a6rbsbrpgfsk50ornlusm9g3/zexiwenerurezonitijom.pdf
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/mexoninofononedojejale.pdf
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d3829b33e9c758025726c408b2bcae6d/68104411410.pdf
    • https://www.jemelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081c27880fcd---sejajujefusipubod.pdf
    • https://3dreamvr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/427fa41ac51d3845d6ea1b3880f5bee9/sojarazilisodegexiz.pdf
    • http://www.diplomat2014.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79869676395.pdf
    • http://renovfab-menuiserie.com/userfiles/file/36629910486.pdf
    • https://dfa-finanz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097c3f42891b---kugobakubefavuxamet.pdf
    • https://traonguoc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1vu2m2lnsjotuq65gted7kv1bn/69816126684.pdf
    • https://hotelristorantenovecento.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/02765f7f0d1883b5b127e387b08219ce/1887738844.pdf
    • https://leresto-niort.fr/images/userfiles/files/8929202781.pdf
    • https://www.lang-mayer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d96217622b6---35466374780.pdf
    • http://live-net.it/file/5496642606.pdf
    • http://krukewittfarms.com/userfiles/file/41421169244.pdf
    • https://stvorki.ru/files/file/13839702006.pdf
    • http://worldofpacifiers.com/editor_uploads/system/files/gimuwov.pdf
    • https://www.olympusnorge.no/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uadmgehtmkcdeeae7tvgiqu1ib/6798560100.pdf
    • http://prodesign31.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16113963c22776---febawufofakisibafima.pdf
    • 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_off0000f026.bin
abb9dd4536e027ee7af788484a4b66fd8a08bd4954afe2a7f36193e29d1109a6
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF026 10764 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000108ec.bin
92de5a56ad80cca23a71550aa035dcb13b43aff3bbf0242e1fb6de8d10b6ea81
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108EC 18092 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001384f.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1384F 16792 bytes