Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e40b6cc2f8255a8b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.3 KB Created: 2021-09-06 07:01:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: db57361506771141c27f9f28ded3cb9a SHA-1: dfa8846a7bdedd39570ebf492021f6c14ae14566 SHA-256: e40b6cc2f8255a8b150bde43854b2f3eedf93e2f5b71e2a917a9d369d643bab0
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external resources, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. While no scripts were directly extracted, the structure suggests it's designed to lure users into clicking through a chain of compromised sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://dentinale.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4017f55ada161837e738c3786cb551e7/ziwenogugofifuvak.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.segurosfacility.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d50e08ed8c3---97746122140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realxenon.ru/uploads/files/27413507006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rabotatver.ru/userfiles/admin/sujetotirakojesuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robalton.es/Albums/images/file///42230406231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://donaldnathanlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/lisopenewokota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ballestermultiservicios.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f889ab4dbb5---wewepikawuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mobytec.com.br/mobytec/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086c44276cc9---85080683820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tanthuantelecom.com/upload/fck/file/sidiwuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sosnovgeo.ru/userfiles/file/negijajume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bdn10.cz/files/file/95291785928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.musicmaestrodiscos.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca7fcb0fef---dugomadapojemej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joshuadacosta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa83b4dfe42---daguzibinutefebafalas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conflictfreeelectronics.com/ourprojects/chowki/UserFiles/renuka/file/43057496056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andimoda.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c669a407a2e33c238fe71b0b49a12507/94055968971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ajitcoatings.com/uploads/lajarase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dansungsala.com/uploads/files/wologimejumixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vipavtoufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70d4cd1494dbb4f3583909144d571db3/42551723281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aydin-elektrik.com/resimler/files/27142670364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.inter-tube.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c2a34e4fc5284a3b2dc943d2d8c10587/54930119109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alphabodysupplements.com/newerac2c/userfiles/file/beparotesotoziditiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iiml-pgpsm.in/ckfinder/uploads/userfiles/files/soxiritotavarodivawolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.multigacos.com/admin/uploaded/fck/file/kuwusasupaxazisakuxer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tidymoney.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/majogonibusikedizejigome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ikedatosou.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160707bb768857---jajiwetaridiku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=chemical+bonding+class+11+ncert+solutions+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_off0000bf5b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBF5B 16160 bytes
SHA-256: 7fbf01379e228858fa04d78428856d2a7c60e42a429df2cf420cf1a8b35f9ffb
font_01_sfnt_off0000e8c5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8C5 11392 bytes
SHA-256: 307e85961a992a386511e3df96b93f4d2c97ae2372575024de5e34413a82be78
font_02_sfnt_off00010313.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10313 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1