Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c40e91c429f6805e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.4 KB Created: 2021-07-26 03:11:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 59a432a736692ab24b66892d1324a8f3 SHA-1: 4ab9fe61c11730bf501659a7b53019b1853d363d SHA-256: c40e91c429f6805eacc7ceac153bb01a195552ff2c5cc07bacf2c23c7f3efa3d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, indicating a phishing or trojan payload. It contains a link farm pointing to various PDF files hosted on compromised or disposable domains, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://maturana.cl/upload/file/vefojujadokexerizizu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://dungcuruamui.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n7m424q9gvn5non7q71artqmmu/91536557727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cvenhancer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ec0505a55bbc732361008e3f5686f642/83791833044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erpsamik.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65215147805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexandersorokolaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/kadaseleninodilisakoxiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkorphotographyguide.com/userfiles/file/61918858537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pechati-piter.ru/userfiles/file/kewowiluniku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://egokituz.eus/files/galeria/files/wisebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szzxwx.com/Upload/Upload/file/20216191045299350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gsccn.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e297cefad0---kuxinodematitojoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atlantichomeportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3b3e194a9e---47404698225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hart-metale.pl/gimnazjum/userfiles/file/buwavasirezilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ajitcoatings.com/uploads/zogawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bodwellassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a9f056b69ae706638d1b7cbea90cdb09/51135296231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nsmpublicschool.org/slbdavbatala/userfiles/file/74307896050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perfecthospital.org/FCKeditor/file/62718329664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arunimaflavours.com/userfiles/file/1366311306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://salvamontbihor.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/foboladudejojovubixabazis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bikinibody.be/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q0ukggvqq8f5atiiqfeglkeu04/99204682114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lapalettedesarts.fr/gestion/file/14749370152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://short-story.ru/upload/file/fomabuke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://completecollegestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc1c40333bee777e4af4a77afeaabed6/67390845968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accurateverdicts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a589d1c193b---tuvoxep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://velvetskin.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d3fa57401ba46bb289ee2c342a64a6d/vibaximidimeketilotuwir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhakhoaanphuoc.vn/uploads/files/71869716843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=adjectives+with+ing+and+ed+exercises+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_off0000c409.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC409 11100 bytes
SHA-256: 4fc7b6353c1f12a63db5a255fb9466f4db3e59b7b4e3595b6af5bf1f4782e920
font_01_sfnt_off0000ddb4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDB4 16028 bytes
SHA-256: 8a5292e7342a0541ad2c9290491cbed53627911f42a97ee58538a9dc1d73bc8e
font_02_sfnt_off00010734.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10734 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1