Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 41401658be68fe7c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.2 KB Created: 2021-08-06 23:10:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: f6bcc83035e446a6792898b90fa23f3b SHA-1: 4fa0fed055877a36ec1fe2cec0e6ed3f7a5fba46 SHA-256: 41401658be68fe7c49eecf2f5768178c79cf8b792f6b1ac5f755a2077306ff51
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or distributing further malware. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and heuristic firings suggest it's designed to exploit users by directing them to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=paper.io+2+unblocked+66 PDF link annotation
    • http://mfplus.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a98ae31af9---67530643281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beergolfers.com./blog/images/file/xelowurexef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e4hir82k76hjjh1ujo80fdoj0/musojajulilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lucky-erotic-massage-bucharest.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18709303489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://becro-plast.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f175e885d4---lipurorisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sofia-es.tokyo/yamituki-n/uploads/files/kodotuwegimobekazojogor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bikinibody.be/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/36ehe8lgnp75qq9evs1thcdvld/vepesirevitovapok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skupka23.ru/upload/m/wozutez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lostsoulsmemorialnj.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0b2448468c857063993a583e4dad8fea/zuvoninifoworoneza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chicagohalo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160baa7bcc73f7---jerusanup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://optimaglobal.net/ckupload/files/juvuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cottonweb.net/userfiles/file/85555656270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cr-sdc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a698da65cc405be3e35c0a7b54cb8c81/javapuzumarafusepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/lekuxim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://windsbs.biz/files/file/vutiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://houstoncoinshow.org/FCKeditor/file/pirupobisoruj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ecvbrass.ch/user/web/file/2343898008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ob0jipsf7kq99dar9d1oc9hb13/79929128906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamstudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f7bccfb46e93ea8bd5da7227247731c2/28731434135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://juhaszautovill.hu/userfiles/file/41994792214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atx-stroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f2c27f1e04b9af8acc9e714151e78a71/10416509292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://isisthailand.org/file_media/file_image/file/90458916338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://capitaloffice.pl/fotki/file/tezamow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mozartcantat.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607951b749521---40726374981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://radio-aurea.eu/files/file/14754447600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--82cac8d3ajrc0gd0bo4a7nf3qg.com/userfiles/files/sabeninegubo.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_off00011565.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11565 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00012d7c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D7C 10928 bytes
SHA-256: 2dce0c07d904f82a59c27b46fec8aa0a8db54409eb6c3f7171ea2a36450eb5ce
font_02_sfnt_off000146a9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x146A9 18716 bytes
SHA-256: e2a73020b02f7ce8b1ee0635530021d3564f08075a49bbe39a984126e0797c40