Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c40ea0d4502806d4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.1 KB Created: 2021-07-19 15:30:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: ee20dfc479da797a70fffb28d7538b14 SHA-1: 6de37ea5d0b60fbe44a6763ad4e5f0d14551f7e9 SHA-256: c40ea0d4502806d490eb045c7848dbbbac4775702b6a4c0e9d18723f57bd7372
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to multiple compromised websites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The presence of a fake invoice lure further supports the phishing pretext.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Fake invoice / payment lure low SE_INVOICE_LURE
    Document contains invoice or payment language paired with an action verb — useful context when combined with link, macro, or attachment indicators
  • 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://daoltrading.com/userData/board/file/20117498162.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://imad0c0.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/falamesunuxadifok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greyquotient.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f32a8f919c7b85c6d58623a6fc459795/xatiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tjsijiqing.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2021/0629/680c5fbb500435e5166d9050bb45b989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onekaddy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f26d82f2e05---61401068016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akproauto.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/gofisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doubletroubels.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c966ab5ca5---58841198531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://training-solutions.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ca269358c4---88379695579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mikepromedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fmilamr4su4ktfd2pp5nigje66/64883225830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://malimbe.africa/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e3119df3f89770e7ece2fbb2b985d38e/65868711521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finsura-lifedirect.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160773847c1acb---kojesabafirapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drainscovers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2d6f43f221dcc37b7b2d1bf01c0a9140/38011296944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brkvinc.com/userfiles/file/27423071241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wagnerpc.com/userfiles/files/zupanojivalatote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jhannahs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cbe8a55b6e---vemuvewarevadimafib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reclaimsplus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b90cb0852bdd307cace58e9476b96801/16849469327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gpagroup.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a3051d1419---xiviw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biodent.ro/m4fm_files/m4news/ck-uploads-files/zezajemuwapekejas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fermuar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aaf413146bf---95580257786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msslink.ru/userfiles/files/xuluvuwopex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mariellatriolo.it/public/file/xenavepobozilor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snypes.nl/img/customer//files/26127250632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peopleoftheheath.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d5b030d332---suxodirelajuwilakokado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuyewrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a02d951c0b906f03750788e7a5d8528a/37280118483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=rules+for+discord+servers+templatePDF 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_off0000eb3d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB3D 19512 bytes
SHA-256: 9faf47206b0302a1bc350cf7a9efe8fc12af1cfe1517786f54314495a8eb65cc
font_01_sfnt_off00011c11.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C11 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013428.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13428 10888 bytes
SHA-256: 2a5e23c86f393739b3d3fa58edac0dfe426d422fc7fc77fa441cdfd6794c9ae8