Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 41a5e7c2292bff88…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.6 KB Created: 2021-08-09 20:54:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: cfb706eef9df5912f24fff8d5e53c78b SHA-1: 94ba136e75e125c84c17de2f9d4243bcfe0f03b0 SHA-256: 41a5e7c2292bff88cba649cde1586da24a87981b2b4b511f6f277bc73ecbe20c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous embedded URLs that point to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm. The primary goal appears to be directing users to malicious content or phishing pages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=sony+vaio+brightness+control+driver+windows+7 PDF link annotation
    • https://ateneoarbonaida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f3e9db9b8a---seneloxib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cibaospalaser.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/594gaf49jsppjklhir7eabe49f/tubanapapegowuxetuxazof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.scmphotography.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078b31f775ea---56776931865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inoxquochoang.com/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/74410960651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sashtraayurveda.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zenedazewog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oticonshop.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/10956909862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://straub-online.ch/userfiles/files/90498281390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motionslam.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/02d7029c48160d4c25171595ea6f59cb/soviratoxejedavisudusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alternativefitness.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac072f10a40---62966563351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pivotal-technologies.com/userfiles/file/45148325410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhadatv.com/webroot/img/files/7250091698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuizpyy.com/upload_fck/file/2021-6-13/20210613115400299219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okna-stv.ru/userfiles/files/dexutove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://walkandsmile.com/userfiles/file/93916866320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecoledesgourmets.com/userfiles/file/fabuzibifowadonirorolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greer2001.com/clients/e/ea/ea56749d84c1a2d7db36d2c51c833a37/File/sizojazor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160755c15170c4---rolexabadurerubomenasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sieckultury.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/47266adcd71060af3940dbc399a84d89/1938224674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saraelv.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160814e6289156---39912605628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thebetterinsurance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0cf9a33f90---50588553717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupopiscis.com/upload/files/gerapubum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sketchup360.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/53uuh8nsv0sbi8cs3pdb221gq4/tepolugesafovuwos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jaunimodienos.lt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2okncpo7t1813c9aiugldmh5d8/rakolodakumov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://purofirstli.net/userfiles/file/rebukisajotidila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raduzhniy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad549b3e580---37141835584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://munnarinfo.in/userfiles/file/82374217382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://twfern.org/upload/ckfinder_temp/files/20210526214507In 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_off0000f10a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF10A 18224 bytes
SHA-256: d01fd57b982ea7831ab57f25e85ba18aa0a77e679218ed4903ee5e5e0ead7006
font_01_sfnt_off00012150.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12150 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013967.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13967 11180 bytes
SHA-256: 6d4c7a9ce76a7a41031831b1959c6e3588a1736de5f21e97ac93d6025fd52f6e