Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fc40c5b7bea0df2b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.5 KB Created: 2021-09-01 08:05:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-02
MD5: 6c4faf1a8716834c2917d5296b0275da SHA-1: 75a4eb3cc58137641c9a0523df1fc372c1e613b4 SHA-256: fc40c5b7bea0df2ba38c7d3376d1f594a651b2fbfe95ca7c3a98b62e97799ddc
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised or disposable hosting sites. The presence of numerous URLs, many hosted on WordPress sites utilizing form plugins for file uploads, suggests an attempt to distribute malicious content or conduct phishing operations.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9983

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://smartraoptics.com/fck_filemanager_upload/file/vosej.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.nestroots.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m76ae6j0t58og1jo4bp4bv1jm4/79701469215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dharmapuridiocese.com/svnprojects/DHD/Source/images/files/kunesig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uaqbakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3ec6e773ec---62336270488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://voxel-avocats.fr/uploads/file/60994286221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gennarimaq.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cbc8051b2b---77097766280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.formwork.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qredc2orujrtcck20tte0ke5lk/42337699090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radioemka.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078b0ab844bd---84528452998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://litho-and-co.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/93609968707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://singlesync.com/userfiles/file/40965045366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eprobatdz.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/numamosas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://originalbau.hu/imagesfiles/pojiwolijorowefenizefax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nadiadsa.org/userfiles/file/zewisigudojuwodotitav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://palcev.ru/userfiles/file/ruxufojibixudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yarsan.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/229cfac151d06f276f1bba888fa4081a/zigomemuvojozutuzun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livingcircles.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d8269e22a9---lexinolabute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://designpavelzapletal.cz/files/file/sevun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://springswellness.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b6b4db877f---guwokujavum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moscowprice.com/content/xuploadimages/file/75365356253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shinyjewellers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ku99g5l5pai20cdoj8b2c1aah/fafekiwonaxenuxuxazup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kiaavcilar.com/upload/ckfinder/files/bizinirozilukalal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hygradeinsulators.com/images/uploads/file/34244131975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mosoptagro.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8b14145d6676c1a2004a03d6a282914e/jeweparokomosatewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aymfly.com/aym_image/files/31696914655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aarogyamedico.com/userfiles/file/55202917093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=professional+carpentry+servicesPDF 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_off0000dfdd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFDD 16488 bytes
SHA-256: ba0efa3c8a5624632f81d93ae80e25b8f03b644e2f0c3814981727653e17f7d9
font_01_sfnt_off00010a89.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A89 10652 bytes
SHA-256: 6a950fc8b2a0fd1fda214a873376a85db3ccea0cef7da02a7a3bc5273dee8b74
font_02_sfnt_off00012320.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12320 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1