Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f40af240356069be…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.2 KB Created: 2021-07-16 15:28:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 498d5afbb4eed6300a6c11cc8d90ece3 SHA-1: d0477185764e8a0eac47b4cb12267fbc38433cf1 SHA-256: f40af240356069be8398ca157004756f94cef2413d67bdc4f0611c1c022cdba9
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to host and distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are indicative of a phishing lure or a downloader.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9966

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 http://uyaviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608790504847d---69453829468.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://allegroescrow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8f322c0040---36112481514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://call.ae/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab2302e538a---jebikilimezezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monuments-msk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7593490023a805521336353f8ff04789/54504240695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sacproblemleri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdde809d9c0---23752367805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baconbites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qh6lm8novoq810bl6thub2kvr7/zalulofevomuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joefairless.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/75d4c32c7102dde5fbf00db6f25e602a/najizulojeja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://m2m2design.com/userfiles/mozalexelaxinakugujaxexot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brilliantsolarpaneling.com/userfiles/file/92644148256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amon-syotengai.com/userfiles/file/81007327978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suprizpin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/diwepok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharidendesignasphalt.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f5afaddd90ec30b501e2c5af5d2c9304/jepafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gaseg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fr1odmmob1vucf9tdj0kbbn59t/19653759727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koszyczarek.pl/userfiles/file/zoxubujogafudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://animalscipublisher.com/files/upfiles/file/91804409712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvsystexperts.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r1p9t2k0qi7nsdnlfafrlb7o07/nimowibelevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moscow-vernisage.com/files/files/69159491257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://electrodomesticaruano.com/images/ckfinder/files/tupulutejuwowevipopula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.emma-solutions.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a09ca55753f---48149519324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.abaco-engineering.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607eb996bf9d1---suxedosanotux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alternativefitness.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160868280eb8cd---56577140997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=normal+fsh+and+low+amhPDF 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_off0000f955.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF955 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001116c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1116C 10360 bytes
SHA-256: 43bd0ad5d20346a208085ba2d1e1de98a63000afaed9c292fea7c9d2f0b94618
font_02_sfnt_off0001289c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1289C 17944 bytes
SHA-256: 20af36a7da7bab3848315eb5cf2567af061282d9b0d6cb63157706d93f3eabcd

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