Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 41a14edbedaec7f4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.6 KB Created: 2021-09-08 09:20:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: e5d1717ae3da3b04b180dcc9ddda7d69 SHA-1: e2e500b4e99793721fc346ff6b6ca7f436360e51 SHA-256: 41a14edbedaec7f4866a4679c33e665b9df3d4bab1f930ce0b1c347fa8d1b1dd
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery via these external links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=challenger+hellcat+widebody+manual PDF link annotation
    • https://www.cir.cloud/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc4eb75244---70606223277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flygarfield.net/userfiles/file/forizigapixigud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aci-immobilier-douai.fr/userfiles/files/91943536026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tl-systems.hu/files/files/bigagolisupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heritagelogs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2pc13oc80nq01i2ad5b7ljhcnp/ranukuwig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teormech.ru/teormech/usrimg/file/97563603252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lagrupacio.cat/file/jevipejudoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://petgears.com/app/webroot/files/file/44640590334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuborh.com/natelinhanew/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rozupipukenakoxajulibix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agriturismolescuderie.eu/userfiles/files/19057142546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vo23.ru/upload/file/jesaxodujelevibijap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tessilgiada.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609aba3f5d1e8---bemumizizutaledoru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jhdjt.com/images/upload/File/91918379235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gaviprintpack.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077da98b045d---xinupakala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.icodar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612883a972aae---71251260960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apluskleaning.com/admin/images/file/somoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.superioreagle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d0a0e1bc2b---5395331303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://voicelux.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2eafd360072dd5210b89b2b2ca7ff7c8/19476233795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nilsahost.com/calisma2/files/uploads/19241781573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arenda1s.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f99d3eaae60e9bf7e04d52e2693f8594/xofopemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.psalighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e58047014621a8d65f81bf1f3dd1c9d/sukivalixejopof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.taxikladis.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608aa37de58e2---kufefo.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_off0000f12f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF12F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010946.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10946 11120 bytes
SHA-256: 527bda8f2ed785056d415e04774303e8176b5827c6a324fc7802d0999eb775f8
font_02_sfnt_off000122e4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122E4 19124 bytes
SHA-256: b9c6f104a0542360b5eae3d7599920594554b0b45cc6241f6971ac18ed92fa88