Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 041e71e4a98ef482…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.8 KB Created: 2021-08-06 21:49:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 61b521e0cf94ba9f38205324faf19fb6 SHA-1: 1b8c3860628e9358fa2cb5de5343efc7141e5f3c SHA-256: 041e71e4a98ef482b5c7397a36af07fa508e45ca1504df70c5048aff0edaf0dc
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories, presents a deceptive download button and contains embedded JavaScript. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://www.adanakursmerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090079a7fb03---69978724049.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://saunadlaciebie.pl/userfiles/file/63184683967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mijneigenlift.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074668a76412---vewuvikesafuzeval.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchiriereelicopterromania.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160da3e640000e---nufani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pet-fashion.ro/mm/file/podivewufabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.harnoordesigns.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5kcuabja1hec4js7a9fo1uvdf2/21847772467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ideviceplus.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/nilabiwaxorefoburowek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexhofford.com/temp/files/file/2151798952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wowbond.com/upload/Fckeditor/file/56232785054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://memphiscentral1969.com/clients/865565/File/xamuke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yukkumpulgroup1.com/contents//files/24901757946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://area5srl.it/file/nokijoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studionegrelli.it/userfiles/files/fozixupakezodoru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bioident.pl/photos_fck/file/87347262169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amandatour.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38724370096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://strategie-online.net/catalogue_dynamique/file/19728913448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://georgiamusicpartners.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c351e5330a45e1e21f0cc13561052d84/69789532146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adler-leitishofen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a82d702bfce---16936674220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alhouti.com/userfiles/file/tawuret.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://graffitipaintstudio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c438f9a4393292c5ba04064621fd944/jafivuzuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dazzlingdecor.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acf909b0d43---82094239937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://friluftsgruppen.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160796bf642b1b---zexofoxozowijivinemaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yourtuscanyguide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/je9aum8ht4l31v88q8qnlscb55/fopaxejamepiwefexefuviso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tractortools.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zifejovorelawipijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=candy+crush+saga+soda+full+hile+indir+bedavaPDF 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_off0000fe24.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE24 11108 bytes
SHA-256: d0c5e8d9c0e1183c2fe8d4d5a4b7bf513f1f529a6664a2c9356068351f4da7a7
font_01_sfnt_off000117cb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117CB 17016 bytes
SHA-256: 3edb112c3abb0f523d064bc2b1a6a3fcdee39b0405ad4ec6ae65cab553b45eb4
font_02_sfnt_off0001444d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1444D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1