Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d40dd5c2abe1fd17…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.6 KB Created: 2021-09-06 17:25:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 934845f1a972cb6ea846208730078da8 SHA-1: 6f8605f51537ad17f4e5ee0ade861d7048b38e36 SHA-256: d40dd5c2abe1fd17e86f8d68a446d912cadaee7b213a48203c608111b4de2fd1
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs pointing to compromised websites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites, which are designed to host further malicious content or phish for user credentials.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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 https://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=membuat+ms+word+menjadi+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://www.sgestrecho.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6af5c11e37---taraxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.couleurs-et-jardin.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160771d7176568---78109615761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpisiluman.com/contents/files/51735483323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://systemsbiology.at/uploads/assets/file/filaridotifagubediputam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suamanhinhlcd.net/userfiles/file/zenasamusofotugeseso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://valve-toho.com/userfiles/file/37586347955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://auf.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v3s8oifgjerv4ukoc9u2t283m4/334186208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://murasakijr.com/uploads/files/dawulowesilim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpanelektrik.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/wiwunivenotefulub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canvasations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/105pjurntvam4ckqdnqikhas60/ruxiwagezomekufumumow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://48bulls.com/js/upload/files/rijaxis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://interwork.sk/userfiles/file/9579612660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tauben-buchmeier.de/kleinberliner-schuetzen/userfiles/files/3355711259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thaoduocquyhiem.com/userfiles/image/file/dowex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iqubz.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d1a3bcec628---tanugijuruxitatilupepizof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zulassungsservice4you.de/bilder/file/61344801173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://n2nlah.org/UserFiles/file/bokivof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allegroescrow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160758cd88ddeb---66905107104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stpetejazz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fktdf17pmlb4vl3jbpv4htdqjj/4283732260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adaviestransportltd.com/userfiles/file/47034569391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dragonera.cn/admin/userfiles/file/73238357944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hemoroidklinigi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073c390b7030---dezaturunapefufopofugawuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.platformliften.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c358caa194e---bavisabotib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000d165.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD165 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e977.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE977 17412 bytes
SHA-256: 9308df45bb3e8220c50950421c05783128af5fd5f05d372d2cb7761bd4ca0041
font_02_sfnt_off000116dc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116DC 11060 bytes
SHA-256: 480a4a92f7aa3ebf53797993b60fb9d16fae259b48041366bad975790ab1a74f