Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c940741fe5b2b206…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.5 KB Created: 2021-09-08 10:52:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 9b927bd1f844361f4313ccb2c5fff510 SHA-1: 0fcf4539c520342b39e49c2a7c8697f57f5b9899 SHA-256: c940741fe5b2b206d46f490a19fe0467f2391aba93a71f686de5a07227355b4b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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://tagsu.com/attachments/fckattachments/file/xujezaz.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://limsurdua.com/contents/files/lijatopuxumet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sonnenheizungen.ch/fckeditor/editor/images/file/gobafonomugitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lisahyatthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609026e4e1884---wejexivumaxovutukejer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alternatifhirdavat.com/upload/ckfinder/files/kinowavitivilokijekupuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grappin-annat-como.com/userfiles/grappin-annat-como.com/file/getejepuvumulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://americasbestmanassas.com/uploads/files/seleder.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sylvianapoles.com/clients/e/e6/e63d90d46a840f0b3195f531cec11f6e/File/pumakajofedijux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dmddsgn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/27e1dfd0b0455d4b0cbec64308f164e2/45045477464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://postelezmasivu-praha.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bifunevosutotuwufufefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://art-ball.net/files/file/51103674244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alakharia.com/public_html/userfiles/file/nifovorodovijanajopup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dermatologie-chamonix.com/userfiles/file/gezejutofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artmetinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ef62678a7a---radobobufijomuwijav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://too.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ff4d62e5a77e3f60521824ed62df05d7/86584643504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alternativefitness.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612360e405d77---14454237407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smoothnomad.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q9k6fk7r2vb51tn9eaea91dmpb/50842392892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lichnyiybrand.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f257c1813b3---67858924389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emauto.lv/index/images/up/file/9130834112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lunaleo.pl/userfiles/file/78154283884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akiyastyle.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60769395222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://princeverma.in/uploads/files/61913542683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.avenueroadadvertising.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cca446ed68---13606292331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=clavicembalo+ben+temperato+preludio+1+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_off0000d304.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD304 11004 bytes
SHA-256: ba06f826689525c2d45520b5dfd8778b676d1a9cc9a5940efa8279021c12bacf
font_01_sfnt_off0000ec69.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC69 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001047b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1047B 18164 bytes
SHA-256: 38342f09fd7c03e2ed7bc51b0b84090c1090e4f049d1e5278b1bf020ad33926f