Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d40d6e733a368d54…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.1 KB Created: 2021-09-06 12:17:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 375454c68e09d791e22ba9802a5175c1 SHA-1: 23c8a0f12b7ac1781c5b480d062f82ae8e90453a SHA-256: d40d6e733a368d5473f847b01688f71170e10389c47cbab0caf2f06739822026
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or credential harvesting campaign. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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.
  • 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://wbbray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c6ad29ec9a---62330349697.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.heracles-hotel.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qui77ibr92i6rtgekma1p67q1g/sajedamopufemevazoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colours-of.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ogqd2dnvkmc7pe375ifrhua3e/viwilawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ghibms.com/userfiles/files/71494403134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://livestreaming.group/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mj8ddvb7v3q7uclj1132nu1u9obat8u7/63127488929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinserviceodi.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fff7483ca4ddcfb69408a8333a435650/23279294468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buergerforum-tirol.at/file/goporabisonebevoguxukefot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuatro-pr.org/sites/default/files/file/10426483425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maduraicaterers.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/murewekex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taxiparga.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d6916c6c28457a31011e01007d335f58/27038504794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greyquotient.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c11bf51dee08d9c6a27ed865fa0286e6/47957491708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cafesezony.ru/fck_editor_files/files/mapob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://specialbrands.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ce258fbe0845d2431f520df950d22a6/lemokibigejapominokax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://czechdidgeridoo.com/admin/upload/file/59316519293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dodici12.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vrsmhpi13ev5h2vvnn170dllb5/3499524772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eaas-journal.org/survey/userfiles/files/37195226340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doktor-okonski.pl/uploadimg/file/zozesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://contabil-fiscal.ro/mm/file/bunabezavopoximolow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newchat.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58563223842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cppzone.ru/users/blogs/file/32159437133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aimhc.com/userfiles/file/50499822653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeskulap24h.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097c84d46c30---sisosokajozusipab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaifruits.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9bfe7c048---95688472510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coimbra.hu/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nudemovaretoretezir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=formulario+integrales+inmediatas+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_off0000c20a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC20A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000da21.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA21 10920 bytes
SHA-256: 05bb67503b20281099129ea5a026349ac4fd26aec918bb64ca4f9c40e96b3125
font_02_sfnt_off0000f324.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF324 18588 bytes
SHA-256: edf7ab679cad100dc676df58db1ce43fc355fe04ce2c1fa76293b255db08859f