Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4041cadcda042e5b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.1 KB Created: 2021-07-13 06:20:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: a33bcadd2527d8fa419b88195e13a61c SHA-1: 95d3f61d4018c23aa8d78427fc6f3b709a4d2ae3 SHA-256: 4041cadcda042e5b53e47a670357953762df006d3619f297fc6ea929372ad270
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as a link farm, with many URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV also identified it as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. The document's structure and embedded links suggest an attempt to lure users to malicious content, likely for credential harvesting or further malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://beachesbrewing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/98562b9945e62fbd2d6524b48c210008/japasilebuz.pdf
    • https://frasertechno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160987b49ce49a---lurekufomesonexa.pdf
    • http://joshuadacosta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160db7fc4e6adf---pigibaziwezipeledikut.pdf
    • https://area5srl.it/file/78500140738.pdf
    • http://ks4073.com/file_media/file_image/file/86409378803.pdf
    • http://vyveva.eu/UserFiles/File/62770757480.pdf
    • http://www.mtpartnersfl.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f987165902---29806088152.pdf
    • http://hrudolf.com/userfiles/litunetetufelogevafomow.pdf
    • http://ksnjl.com/userfiles/files/xizubugigupokinot.pdf
    • https://www.opdrrustukalac.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e9e21c913c---luxaxazonanidudupumiti.pdf
    • https://jdbailbonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/18dc9a5c958313e88c42a7fd75f23301/95606218521.pdf
    • https://thejinglelab.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ocmi550ies7j4iad9qjfvo8dr/tapabikufitul.pdf
    • http://www.ausafrica.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b241ae8e927---gukodeduza.pdf
    • http://www.cascinasorigherio.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160941e0b569f5---febajixojozomolerafixufo.pdf
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6f95a91023.pdf
    • http://thetsaban3watnuea.com/UserFiles/file/67712742121.pdf
    • http://www.mostenpo.jp/userfiles/files/27844064988.pdf
    • http://skoleniridicu-online.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6434123090.pdf
    • https://stopserv.ru/files/file/14684092888.pdf
    • http://penoplex24.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609520480b9ca---merotosaseruvovonaja.pdf
    • https://juegosinflablesarizona.com/files/19637721405.pdf
    • https://archltginc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fb69ec7a81629d66f94277409462d077/10953413526.pdf
    • http://www.playerclub.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095765ee8a22---68208357831.pdf
    • http://ekolojikweb.net/upld/userfiles/file/padixagojiwaxiwas.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=grignard+reagent+reaction+with+aldehyde
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000eb31.bin
ffe9905774b1f39c84146853974c4565f7cb46e11ea9f3e28c960ad9d27e19b0
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB31 18264 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011a89.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A89 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000132a0.bin
8c7c9e9101ab027f84965dc9412a988495ce46d5d8c58141993abd31b57b747c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x132A0 10720 bytes