Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 141b90dac277e9c4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.2 KB Created: 2021-09-13 10:12:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 2fdb27dc29b23f25f8ee108abb45e9fc SHA-1: 98179d14ab16a53a088393e0f8bc05b43c502d9d SHA-256: 141b90dac277e9c4c36e4eaf0c5adb20c1f9c583c22d329819813333e3d3146b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links to compromised websites, indicating a link farm designed to host malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further suggests a lure for users to download a payload. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://microfocus-realize2020mea.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d3bbc209eef19dce4ca3b64d26e6068f/4593231741.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.iso-clean.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a2041d3e43---nolirirolowefutinozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vdgairconditioning.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613213cf0f468---pabojenafolizozinanataki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lahma.pl/_u/userfiles/file/89817287017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xz-brand.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6565272667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m5nuke6u5tc7sci95rgsk8p2t2/tabuwupewilirisofavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wixoon.hu/upload/file/davovalebub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beetsom.com/PROGRAM_FCKeditor_UserFiles/file/5240947656130f92a30c6c.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://collinite.pl/userfiles/file/55486166059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vipavtoufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1369b88ea2e80fdc6c63d31051fcebb8/74695111207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kymenhome-etsinta.net/tiedostot/files/4582388981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenturtleproductions.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aecbb3a59591332077477f956c5462f2/96727339566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ekhoron21.mn/uploads/files/65672850872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://combatkuntao.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20517375747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smm-mm.com/uploads/news_file/88342592436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mobiliteit.nu/files/vejovebofukakijuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omniatel.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161329888e0392---94257956378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uralcomservis.ru/crn_fls/crn_files/jonuzetikupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://24cvety.ru/upload/files/lumusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riccaassociati.eu/userfiles/files/vevolabefofadivapowawog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sevvalturizm.com/rsm/files/67817434946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161318397072d8---8055406980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mkkdigital.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f5d5d510f6---58835503846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=a+quiet+place+gomoviesPDF 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_off0000d61f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD61F 18680 bytes
SHA-256: afe2e206409918c97534f3b6a0eb98875344f815f9874654efb541317d97a6f6
font_01_sfnt_off000106e1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106E1 10804 bytes
SHA-256: 343a50b2bf720f87528687797f38bb6ccd308ffa76f431b761c9a6dd58af258f
font_02_sfnt_off00011f98.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F98 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1