Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 41a6f14864a71b04…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.3 KB Created: 2021-09-01 14:13:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: ddd883f2834c1bb4160a2d08d680c875 SHA-1: 4514aadaf20b6252d640b8652aa82003b6729440 SHA-256: 41a6f14864a71b04245f0f9235fbafb126903d90e6f17ba3ea22027c238eaf1b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories. This suggests the document is designed to lure users into clicking malicious links, potentially leading to phishing or malware downloads. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=types+of+spectacle+lenses PDF link annotation
    • http://elencostruzioni.it/userfiles/files/tolopiposin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://festivaldeliteraturadepereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160beff595564e---kiruvigedinow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.officinadelgustoroma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1672b044c40a15af85952a538bf6b5ac/96496747510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acrgroup.nl/userfiles/file/87693825176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullmooneye.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc17e421a1d---gezadopepujajure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dragonspond.com/uploads/files/kekosofadedido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://juraganmonyet.com/contents//files/kazudatulukufesapulix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/688da7d21dd4d6ba01e12dd5ddccd080/78854618798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://richardchong.com/userfiles/files/virimixebokaxixamowaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://milcontabil.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fi6cpv61lnb14dd864c1ncdn32/kamisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://konzolstudio.ro/uploaded_files/file/48712072038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phonefixcomo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071f7a152c0e---zewowolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://panegovernance.com/ourprojects/chowki/UserFiles/file/19584875082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://booklandbooks.com/userfiles/file/51575186783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artsketch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/65fea2159df4c27d3c2f57c0f1cc794d/12544946815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apexibd.com/uploads/fck_uploads/file/vazagemekenomowijap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://batikatravels.com/userfiles/file/30744395011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://volvo-cars.jp/js/upload/files/motudomil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.a2zmedical.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0432e97c82---nafisexuzavinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dismaplant.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42299362296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://podlahypilat.cz/admin/file/35822373666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sindafaz.com.br/admin/editor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tijon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sabunwangi.com/contents//files/18533806275.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_off0000e65e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE65E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fe70.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE70 17280 bytes
SHA-256: 202e9126cef3d2f4c4fef87d16a6b07a392e9ad4efca830b201c4faef35b9c4c
font_02_sfnt_off00012b32.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B32 10360 bytes
SHA-256: dc0460f2c51ebbb7bc2528ed7b178a69aab90d83fa1f2c10541cc8b2a08b5457