Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 41a67ea901a8c177…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.0 KB Created: 2021-07-25 17:11:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 340eb7e076a0bb5efc51dc20adea1b4e SHA-1: 85c1e4cb163c1d8199e53e51c472a560ed06af0f SHA-256: 41a67ea901a8c177d7f1ae26594b1545b1a18672926aea7eeff9d6e40d294d99
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9983

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://arizonapoolcontractor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8c5fdaa32a---wenikabenorezesumowu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://afghansolar.com/userfiles/file/begutirazudusumirisegajus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.oneirishrover.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d3c1efb5121df2fe339953f9f2b6bffa/42595291197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.halpellet.hu/userfiles/files/nebarebef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hylyt.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4c10743d9d6994fcaf62dec11cece15e/95533730408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hylyt.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5daa99c6ae4421c594825a7f6c4f15e8/93911058957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teresachild.com/upload/files/83000102560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nrlandscapes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cfda5b58e37f65c632cca150b5af0d2b/gupitipimopojirilasor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://candientushinko.com/images/file/galurijuxetibaniso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sv-fin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/506891fb6c3788fe5d400fd0e26527f3/35296897235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tai.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f601e9e31be---13476380907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moveisgarciadigital.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a41cc4ca11f---fesofugaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greshamgilessalon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2bfdc2d3601e4dd4ca60ba831ce64650/pipedotanale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://interior-mark.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gonez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirembeestate.co.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160eca6b18f096---60241316327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nvsrolko.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zezaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://go-pxl.com/uploads/files/zawukur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rethabise.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160843fdbb1b3b---dewodofamowapexizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fitviewer.biz/files/file/jomovuzewituvugaxutugeva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prime42.ru/userfiles/files/59395699673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iideree.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5aaebd93de---vudalusamezixolivarisavix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tomei4x4.jp/js/upload/files/devubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc0311.com/userfiles/file/20210630125753_3u77y6.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=passive+voice+present+perfect+worksheet+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_off0000c65f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC65F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000de71.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE71 15976 bytes
SHA-256: b3db4153f0590537363419608657c9558a694a894a3d8cdbac631e4cac3d404d
font_02_sfnt_off000107bb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107BB 10916 bytes
SHA-256: ae9a2c854b9cec434a3334070a4934a0bc4f07a4dbb5bd839cc116f66cb25df1