Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 241c52c08bc311bd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.3 KB Created: 2021-09-06 02:19:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 087a01cb79e0b64381e2a3d663bbe89f SHA-1: 33f7c7ead0581a499c7877b5bdcb972eac7c2947 SHA-256: 241c52c08bc311bd08c884a013a3e448c2f3910b82b334054974f351f6a176f2
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a critical ClamAV detection for Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. The file contains numerous embedded URLs that point to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm. These links likely lead to phishing pages or further malware downloads, aligning with a spearphishing attachment attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 https://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=tanguy+e+laverdure+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://psychotherapie-dr-albrecht.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160728d88b7eb9---tagogelizum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naosgym.com/userfiles/files/xonixojusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartmedicaleg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161077770c2efe---83477703386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hum-lucknow.org/test/fckeditor/file/xetisafujulunaguvodoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuifan.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-10/20210510183535812574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bluekeydigital.com/images/pic/file/foxifexitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegioixedap.net/upload/files/74983842413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://classicandcamper.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/teere87a3su6dn2grp317939no/85845647312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://immobilieninvestors.eu/userfiles/file/72767209412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaijz0c.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dimawimip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esistore.de/userfiles/file/gilimonajepodale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lorenzofranzone.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b1ecb50acfb4946af870447f0a695de5/jadutudetulowomijexew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.drmarlenebothma.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba609834e09---lixibefuriwoketafukefel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.restaurant-latableedevercel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82939623028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stalmost.pl/userfiles/file/tupujibolofegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.espace-hotelier.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2920346508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kagoshimakojintaxi.com/userfiles/file/75964104440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msdoubrava.cz/foto/images/file/lodizakajab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahrestygz.com/userfiles/files/20210719_054348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://choiceenergynetwork.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e643ba431af50d658165f380876605a2/mogawelil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeskulap24h.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160887dc36244f---67132775701.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://freedomtampons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/068ed003a535784ac5bba84c28d79f2e/23973464827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cgt-fo-csc.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080ad0be3f53---14967562369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lynnesnaturaltreats.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5f537f0c0ad6f6941fa5c476b04d2211/vubixitejefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://donghotam.com/luutru/files/15074951290.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_off0000e684.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE684 20212 bytes
SHA-256: 19c1260345f778534ae8f0c7c1a86c393773c0a9c2f11f2cde02fe56c9cfa357
font_01_sfnt_off00011a38.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A38 10436 bytes
SHA-256: 069be3c79593a7062c225b94cbe0462d7dd55dbcb1e3ba8bcc142b8351681fdb
font_02_sfnt_off000131d9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x131D9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1