Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 41162cb13b618ceb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.5 KB Created: 2021-09-07 15:43:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: bb9166fa2adfd6a4fb5d791528c15063 SHA-1: 9f730811b2a2ff575b5f9a843ff353e89791277a SHA-256: 41162cb13b618ceb01becb3afd6886238455d063de8c38921e614371813f7330
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, presenting numerous URLs that lead to potentially compromised websites or disposable hosting. The presence of a 'Download button' heuristic suggests a lure to trick users into clicking these links, which could lead to phishing or the download of further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://xn--80aaa1anac6cg.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/88e7875ddff5c57c4c7066f503347d53/sesowigivif.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://sip7.pl/autoinstalator/sip7.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6cd35c8c7ed61c785d5d2906b3d4f1db/19201468766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://equipelec.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wenipuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://littlepearlspublishing.in/data/eimages/file/xowumogesidoluseme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poexali.org/static/image/_u/system/files/56534754548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erkerlaender.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9c4ae0d1e6---xifezuwegamilezavaxivix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://khocabien.com/uploads/files/ferejokukabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apparel.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/01d4c251f793cfbd893a4651fefe669c/zanekugixuzepulofuro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://portableandcool.com/files/files/zajuvosiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullmooneye.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb686cedd90---sonogagazupojax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artgreen.vn/attachment/files/57326271267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiocalderini.it/userfiles/files/24393193237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oilandgaswork.com/userfiles/file/44436605006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.inter-tube.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2cccfac02f92eb4c7bcce9f3f43fcbb2/6398749604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cabini.it/userfiles/files/9064856856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.virtualaid.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b44376a959---31164694948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pzkexie.com/up_files/file/4958697356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kitpaisal.com/mypicture/file/rizawilajepamofomuweno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://budaors.varosom.hu/userfiles/files/nibekosikomup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pelletier-tp.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49992876981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bilagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f66526afd7---91623911475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jpbullies.com/clients/2/2c/2c827f09d77a589c2c5c7da8c033a3f4/File/69669756020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eastindiaspray.com/suvra/eastindia_spray/files/ninekolubusoverofukudowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haniltm.kr/upfiles/editor/files/gowubemonolobefubisegus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=sight+words+list+2nd+grade+pdfPDF 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_off0000e031.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE031 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f843.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF843 19576 bytes
SHA-256: 807c8e4b2dbb0426b7f4202842e1eaeb0f6ab922533b8a2274cb33d8db63838f
font_02_sfnt_off00012a6b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A6B 11056 bytes
SHA-256: 0643588d11dba4e672a2ed4100dad1fedd86124735a6ed1eb7a3e1de1943de0f