Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 041ffd04bc0b520f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.2 KB Created: 2021-06-28 13:13:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 78717f2048064dd4c7733bc223a4e72a SHA-1: fcb79141b24d70a723e1c5d4e6ed6f56687ff4b3 SHA-256: 041ffd04bc0b520fed91f630e9c61d4bf5a287a85551612008bec615c0811e6c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous links pointing to compromised websites and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of a 'download' button lure further supports the attack pattern of tricking users into downloading harmful files.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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 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.
  • 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 https://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=nd+bhatt+solutions+pdf+free+download PDF link annotation
    • http://www.kidnuri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160743be2b8751---nabuloz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4grd.com/cmsimages/file/busakijuwimomanigexetutig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://powermailer.in/userfiles/file/23689144351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--12cmi2byac9cdhd0hra6d7bxkwbgj1gch.com/user_img/files/33863958159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lifemartrealestateconnect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mcl94f4m021franc759aqgvm62/86396053080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tecsal.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a99b27040a8---sedizipadogemage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skyfireconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ot0fvmibpnnj08h5l21i5ed1vq/rugivosidobudakimaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.clubmanizales.com.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adf04642bce---78246690532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://galeriejacqueselbaz.com/userfiles/file/65381427133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alituncer.com/userfiles/file/34158009941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agroadvanced.com/app/webroot/newsletters/editor/files/pizokukepirujimujozixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://discoverapartmentsforrent.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/15ccb7b6cb7fa0bccceab6daad9801d9/84939059601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unibel.pl/pliki/upload/file/87300756285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luyenthitoeic.info/userfiles/file/48197618642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hattrick-sports.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087ac391eb3b---tapiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phrabat.net/UserFiles/File/20139419209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kidnuri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b682dbad5a6---jimeselamavobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karenlovelee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ebab5d52a2---kapotalibafinegusewuzete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artsketch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a6161facd7879f1bf76d376792d8b310/kagojaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botosani.ro/img/uploads/file/33216485750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.endthestigmacounselling.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7i7eajg5vie9tgms8nfdivprhg/40915668224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.acefence.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8af95d636e---51153634648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bawaniint.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zujobat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evboosters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de9c6f51d7735b91815e16997a9e2295/nafunisewujikil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jdhs77.com/clients/58520/File/75434999094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000dc1d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC1D 17536 bytes
SHA-256: 7f6293b7396e1e6fa3386fb84b3492c212172e1626e2395bb87e0d64ddae05bc
font_01_sfnt_off00010a43.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A43 10896 bytes
SHA-256: 604fb6868b37ae55ea059d0edd5a59ed8be16ca8ed73d26c1d80daa88ae1f4a7
font_02_sfnt_off00012344.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12344 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1