Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d40206761c8f3f54…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.5 KB Created: 2021-09-19 11:46:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 00d3561f14695def697e58dfb563419d SHA-1: b42ef0949fa7ac2e379e1c4b501ac96dd27a6a3f SHA-256: d40206761c8f3f54fe246c2261fed683eedb0aed5624892ba88a386c63a4bc5c
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm for malicious redirection. ClamAV detected this file as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0', and ML classification strongly suggests maliciousness. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the link farms suggest an attempt to deliver a phishing or malware payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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.
  • 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://sotel-perm.ru/site/file/zajawadigovubegibakef.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://langeline.com/ckeditor/upload/files/wisakasigupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gcr.goldcrownresort.com/magazine_files/files/85321703647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.azurwelcomeservices.com/userfiles/file/80285984190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://niestachow.pl/data/aktualnosci_imgs/file/batixixuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aci-immobilier-douai.fr/userfiles/files/59992409968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.viksexteriors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161403a0637077---37234028098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frutapac.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wosowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relaxationplusmn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c481d4bbb3a9f950c9eca8e238f0077/nibibijifudixizepad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refakatci.net/userfiles/file/senezetutevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://distriparkbotlek.nl/userfiles/files/joroviregexikagovalibonox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariacittadivignola.com/userfiles/files/26427859984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elektrobetrieb-scholz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138ed7b42c05---8490305179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://israelonthehouse.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fbdad8bea7---papiduj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cuatudongsaigon.net/uploads/files/fiwuzawivadipixonuxaviv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.injamal.es/nueva/ckfinder/userfiles/files/guvijesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://satybharat.com/ci/userfiles/files/44385155610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://runwellconsulting.com/file/file/kebokezilibediwokokuzip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oteaexpert.fr/cite_imgs/file/37587134576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jindi2010.com/uploadfile/files/vusori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://protetyka-lublin.com/images/wyswig_images/file/21779516113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gianniarnaudo.com/userfiles/files/73919895944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technestudio.eu/userfiles/files/zedimunaxezetagonutudule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lang-mayer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614250399adca---44969340921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://valserve.in/web/k/main_admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71916735653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brodart01.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c3g2p9a24dq5ampghihc0vsr61/xuxedojubixokav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=candy+crush+soda+mod+apkPDF 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_off0000d22e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD22E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ea40.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA40 17604 bytes
SHA-256: ccda49257a5209b12c13fa147458aaed498cf56bb98ae90e059228e1adbfe60a
font_02_sfnt_off0001180d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1180D 10748 bytes
SHA-256: ec6824685b3cc6c8e81b947f37218ff4018a8f68dcfbb9a12770f49dbdc09509