Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 041d144ae462a277…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.7 KB Created: 2021-08-09 11:43:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: ff226850d6732215de6f95edef182c0d SHA-1: e321b4247cc85e3a9e6534eddda4cd40d9b7fb5e SHA-256: 041d144ae462a2776449a0bdd06145e359d26b16049d477e0a262dbffe4eab55
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external resources, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The primary attack vector appears to be directing users to download further malicious content via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9904

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://ophirtonhotel.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2abe629cb7---98214119191.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://sv-fin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c2e8606f23695b4ab87683e5c992d5f/65098282377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cissud.eu/uploads/ck_editor/files/21598439347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://computer-rudolstadt.de/upload/file/3753388088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qk5b8olpn1uunrnjus9hu5fju6/94323602086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dorisemitchell.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/26918011184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkqi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607598700b006---59219946064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smsenerji.com/resimler/files/katunotubadefudakuvilili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chicagohalo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d4e4e415ddd---26237853494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tamlaproject.com/userData/board/file/82733947105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swotin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160813c20b143b---52412890474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://slavica.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/48b545751c07e6956fd9ce6bd049eb01/46553202187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lightingdynamics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/909dfd13bc85031960b287e2845c3fb3/6975802879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cardion.dk/gfx/fckimages/file/pematazatodalizanuvake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mahae.hu/files/files/52700364878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://candientushinko.com/images/file/zupisedixamofezibakod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://go-trec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l1fdnvbt58m2avpffs7tfa6gq3/vokonaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskywinnerinternationalaward.com/clientMedia/file/ledemajugidejawanativul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://email-database.info/userfiles/file/10683397387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://directprocessors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ec4c283ace0---33584818308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vibangnhadat.com/uploads/files/gebimelidixukamolefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k2salight.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b4d638289b3fb30043f2e030e53dfc06/26991109193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thietbivesinhanhhuy.com/asset/files/vixarufuxilapep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zwickerfoto.hu/_user/file/jigabidaxolowatewibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://network-italia.com/file/lujajulidixamexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://masterkontroll.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sakepurobiriwavakotanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=fisica+general+hector+perez+montiel+6ta+edicion+pdf+descargarPDF 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_off0000f02e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF02E 20560 bytes
SHA-256: dc13250f83a038dd26fc24b188683d5433fb76588997228c1c98b4d972ed5183
font_01_sfnt_off0001241f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1241F 11272 bytes
SHA-256: 09ec825ecfae268b38aa9ff4e5d8d65e0406258f1f48d1ea54c6f9f4f5a88297
font_02_sfnt_off00013e38.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E38 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1