Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cd40e1ea700d0418…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.7 KB Created: 2021-09-08 18:54:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 4dbb97f2f4f2bb53fa40969967935128 SHA-1: 5a73d30c8d7260626966a401166cc9cfef60e8f4 SHA-256: cd40e1ea700d04187f2ed6b723541afa801421a356748111b09765b990968023
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The PDF contains numerous links to external resources, many hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute further payloads or phish users. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9937

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 http://satyavnetworks.com/fck_upload_images/file/pabiladofe.pdf
    • https://claphamjunction.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c9b15d197e196985cc042cec63647c27/wojatalujobutuwugomuz.pdf
    • http://aa-nusd.jp/mapisuwiparadaxexozovip.pdf
    • http://stringquartet.biz/web/images/fck/file/gepijijixod.pdf
    • http://prvugkh.ru/uploads/files/xexilujo.pdf
    • https://bikidi.com/UpFiles/WebEditorFiles/file/48509583041.pdf
    • http://21cedu.com/pds/userfiles/files/gepofemot.pdf
    • http://jrmhandling.nl/upload/file/kegakiropidanak.pdf
    • http://festivaldeliteraturadepereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613659b653793---40513332781.pdf
    • https://cedria.es/DOCUMENTS/FotosFCKEditor/file/kigakamamakumez.pdf
    • http://erulingua.hu/uploads/content_files/files/gitabamimijuzasepususaw.pdf
    • https://avflash.nl/upload/files/5231724624.pdf
    • https://el-tall.pl/pics/file/44949468597.pdf
    • https://stpetejazz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/04j3rplsm7ja354pc5ta2dn17j/medejifupela.pdf
    • https://ddc-touggourt.dz/ar/files/75619734296.pdf
    • http://markasib.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/govigipaz.pdf
    • https://livstyle.ro/home/livstyle/public_html/uploads/files/ropojavuzefadaw.pdf
    • http://yusungchart.com/userData/board/file/4800659467.pdf
    • http://balletpanov.com/uploads/files/lalupiwegomitapij.pdf
    • http://chip-chup.hu/upload/file/74235401568.pdf
    • https://inverpalmas.com/aym_image/files/jotepegigudemezasiniwof.pdf
    • https://www.mftelhas.com.br/adm/Editor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/godafojezitu.pdf
    • https://tidurmalam2.com/contents/files/71407419214.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=collins+listening+for+ielts+pdf+%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8C
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d660.bin
20c940fc63eb13d0401081c1243365bcb51835475409c44e8bf3fcb60f25f3f9
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD660 25584 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001169b.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1169B 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012eac.bin
4204f4a647e3e8488fc3125e36d68471fcc515b787f7ef36a685bb1e406e82a7
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12EAC 16104 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off000143f8.bin
88a7c276f55476fc127c3b2631d27b5615dd88d1c365855003a9feac5edcf3c2
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x143F8 11180 bytes