Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e40d5c5a7c26a01d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.6 KB Created: 2021-09-13 23:36:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 71c07ac559af4c2301a9f520823e64ed SHA-1: c81e17435c4bbcdab34fdf1685a501d4e54277ed SHA-256: e40d5c5a7c26a01d2c32a7877deca2b3ea08e58112ecea63f4d659daccedb9e2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates the document is structured as a link farm, likely to direct users to malicious sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://zohopin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/62936843881.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://aromamarketing.md/img/files/42390476806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grafconsulting.pl/Upload/file/rotitavarumavipexow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inprovitchile.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59213730576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3wsystems.com/shipinc/userfiles/files/85910853841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thehedgerowchronicles.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vuvanudag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.optionassurance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613632bf41dbe---6277831710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shamshabaddiocese.org/files/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zewafilevipepesukirapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ayhancevik.com/images_upload/files/45703512425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://martas.vodrsport.cz/uploads/files/74796707623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bevillelecomte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bilude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dallaslandscapedesign.com/media/files/84197319119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://auditorescr.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28512065291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kingbakerypans.com/userfiles/file/72647779233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tanthueviet.vn/img_data/files/14489673520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radiopopiatej.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139ef59c1701---magataxovemavaler.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://test.uebersetzungen-nesselberger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ed9564c7fa---xuxinasilimolaniba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttlengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131797534ac3---68935612966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flyingwedge.com/uploads/assets/file/biwigobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diakmelo.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rediwefilewawegozezal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diskacme.dk/images/upload/file/ruwivibalel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f54687af26253034cc574f9d7f146f42/80466439535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aedwea.com/upload/foto/84933084914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=seeing+111+all+the+timePDF 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_off0000eae5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAE5 10292 bytes
SHA-256: dab5d1236f7a474bca2fe77bbb82b55661f6a69cd1faa89c8274ae345d6e8275
font_01_sfnt_off000101e9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101E9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000119fb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119FB 18116 bytes
SHA-256: 49cf028a01a2417fafa531d64ea83a87067f5f2055a1d7ef6ff8ea4d4a5c2fa9