Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 41194f3a062fb440…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.3 KB Created: 2021-09-02 20:26:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: e0f0601faf810b078491cc243d85be64 SHA-1: 433783d003024f0cd1053bc517b00c6f0ef8d400 SHA-256: 41194f3a062fb4400ccb69667f4251c6225383bff851a71838392030b24b9582
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains numerous links pointing to potentially compromised WordPress upload directories and other disposable hosting sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded links likely serve to redirect users to download further malicious content, such as other PDFs or executables.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://www.adom.biz.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29871329775.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://brylka-kfz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abe787a2234---87880920862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://literie-depot.fr/UserFiles/file/78872712971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ore-processing.ru/d/files/56976278800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://galgalesh.com/userfiles/file/fupogidawagudidoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prodesign31.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078379cceafc---43405881828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barudan.hk/UploadFile/file/20210831130242232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schouteninterieurwerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16125e3ba9aa4c---69065077880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timatey.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h4l4lla43s6vcfb6nqi309j7k0/41526553678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elitvorota.ru/f/file/zevinopalilubizusubagapor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://melinterior.ru/userfiles/files/43049882282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pyhm.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h5ejgj35lsqrvn2c197im546ju/45397841117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ledesmasportsmedicinesavannahcentury.com/clients/4/44/449a5b3489ef279447e90cf6cdd72f1c/File/josivepovabadasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://splogservice.ru/content/file/23154823865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://le-lemniscus-incandescent.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/naxumilutuvovifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kiavysocina.cz/UserFiles/File/15267335468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://martybermanassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc014356bb39c1b701237be629e4f2d6/xemakosadivujugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://starinviter.com/ckimagefiles/89094454537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thebetterinsurance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e7e7a582bc---88190937921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotelstrack.com/bot/ckfinder/uf/files/56548594525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giverny-bkk.com/upload/files/36762174598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holderit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160909f0f04c71---gijadax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ffbb6145f7333293bb2e16697e08fd37/faluvewovar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.etoiles-recrutement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084f93362547---gasamowum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://basisnomor.com/contents/files/tokibipewusevirifam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=arrays+in+c+language+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_off0000d30b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD30B 10772 bytes
SHA-256: cb57cab34ab52738e0608e5785ce6fab294aceb64a898365f9156e5ba1895e6b
font_01_sfnt_off0000ebc4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBC4 18188 bytes
SHA-256: 72bab879eb5a205e9536e27c6fc8f2624b02155734dde70314b38fb241f6a4e3
font_02_sfnt_off00011b50.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B50 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1