Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a40e8f026029a5c6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.5 KB Created: 2021-07-02 13:54:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: ce7eef8847f18c192914475db4d3a989 SHA-1: b4f83dbba22c25a05d53b5d679a5ca1ff672ec93 SHA-256: a40e8f026029a5c6949e6d6ffad751759e72f006d076915bff333b2650450e3d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. ClamAV detected this file as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan, and ML classification strongly indicated maliciousness. The presence of JavaScript and the link farm structure indicate an attempt to deliver malicious content or facilitate phishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://amfmeg.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a62c784e662---25859386347.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://theettiares.com/clients/f/f0/f03dfc1790708d0b03c48e9879ef2ea6/File/fipopon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadiantreasurer.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083a200746b3---52938444480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ankamet.com/userfiles/file/puwibedofijubewoturom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://al-bandak.com/userfiles/file/bejafofirajubekurupomefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gmei.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fepuxafaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://posekatzahradu.cz/files/file/44333532799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foire-fromages-et-vins.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d2273ea554---jufadovewuxesizazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://associacaoguainumbi.org.br/wp/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a13dfe597b---ponufifokafusobunuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bright-mineral.com/uploadfile/file/2021062402045820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fallsplat.se/file/74669998832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.coconutlodge.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080a0420adbd---duxojedidofapebakujovap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://engineeredrepinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1d703d3b207a904c6fdd7bb2564d05cb/kezilabevorelitaxanol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creativesilhouettes.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d1345130a6---90490983769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://win-win-keiba.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tirexozebofuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://southtours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sdm3nitrtukep0h2anjmah5b34/kubet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://propactionvehiclesuk.tv/userfiles/files/medoninubezitaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.apartamentselsllacs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0r5k28jebe6hlq7dn018h9aicc/41847347172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cashmeredreams.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ebe9735e6df86e4bbab115b12c513a02/26395685582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://market-oborudovanie.ru/upload/file/34420502576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taiyoaquris.cn/upload/userfiles/files/20210618053533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.varishastalari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608500572b6cd---kugepusulefovuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://susta.vn/userfiles/file/mitamusafov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gpagroup.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ef3e2dfc1c---fepivel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elicopter-de-inchiriat.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa02d5c4c64---besawejawowazako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=writing+remarks+for+studentsPDF 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_off0000fb81.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB81 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011398.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11398 10836 bytes
SHA-256: 533f8e4ba9b72594468921f7be5d3bad7465bdbc66d5d4026d68b0d5b49aea56
font_02_sfnt_off00012c6e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C6E 16624 bytes
SHA-256: 1bff2eebb50d513c5fefe61cb53873f73801dfd161ca5381316242ff0d1a42a7