Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a40cbc384f8fe4d4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.1 KB Created: 2021-09-04 03:02:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 7afa8991de9243fb7caf15e4e4981062 SHA-1: da60a19ff244ae9ca96b87a867195b29aad869e8 SHA-256: a40cbc384f8fe4d4a8bb1781ff24580fcc354a6f5c7d77ebabb889efcceec967
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, indicating a malicious intent to redirect users to potentially harmful content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly support its malicious nature, likely serving as a phishing lure or malware dropper.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 http://fortlauderdalelimorental.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094ea03badfc---66874236517.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://clair-environnement.eu/catalogue_dynamique/file/gomajab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mariamozharova.ru/uploads/files/9143112663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://areicon.com/images/file/20991566467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garage-ys.info/js/upload/files/namulovodagezikopavopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skup.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fafab153171---wivurob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aircond.md/upload_fck/file/32983534110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jpind.pl/userfiles/file/55595246571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://venus-forever.com/image/files/72303781512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exactblue.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7a1ea5ce02---zubagez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gift-founder.com/archive/upload/files/zopimuwanixomuvawuxev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://centrobrands.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9994baa25491a2aa4a980ca2cb307791/31289110524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://premiumresourcing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610c503a22bc1---jubat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cheapmotorcycleinsurancepa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mg70k1snpau89ic1l183cf2k57/komuvidetaxudazerekab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.generalutilities.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fb9cc438db---51601528117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cargo3030.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089c60c2067e---kixuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ateliergermain.net/sites/default/files/file/12662583454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wscnaturalhealings.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/811c3e690a590e4dbb14fb60e8f6315b/jupul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bleikss.com/userfiles/file/dafutuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thaisomboonautopart.com/userfiles/files/15647876010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://finatwork.com/userfiles/file/93486584412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.nz/upload/tegagovinevuxerejod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dermo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611152592ca5c---2229152022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villaturri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072631cc9fd7---85772103300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=pharmacology+quiz+for+nurses+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_off0000f0a1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0A1 11392 bytes
SHA-256: 7af6908b3f6ed4fa677854560eb21abb8b3c22c1e56e493d4e214497fd6a847c
font_01_sfnt_off00010ad6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AD6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000122e8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122E8 18512 bytes
SHA-256: ea5d12cf13f08c9e5a013d525875e608e4db35232e6271357559c082e9ce9218