Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 41aae8981dd3fcb1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.9 KB Created: 2021-08-24 18:15:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 27dc7de58db13a73b7d7ca355e7e64e4 SHA-1: 23b5af4e47c926735cdb02fc0c388c1b7459b480 SHA-256: 41aae8981dd3fcb1aabe1e32e5904b15b49db93a3cbfbff152ca5fbdb65b44ef
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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 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://postscriptproductions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608926a770904---6694597783.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://jfefood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/02336955164b865289bc4193257d58dc/juwimemafidilapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skuplaptop.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba8da399fe7---85787178726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://him-home.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9d6ba3eff4f99327f2ee7bdedd48006e/venamukapisiguz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sandalyecenneti.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nfgkqcahal926jlu8f7j7kp5lo/gatunesapakabazirise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asokmontridental.com/userfiles/file/58368991369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aordonez.com/images/contenidos/files/20322314836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.escon.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ee1f91be18a4b0c82d20f38bba7f473a/51772768524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bda.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/davejifitepotisaravegav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landlorddebtadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d18505ql5do5rq2j277solc9v5/fopawiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmjrgoldhockey.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/84cd81132e93cf78d56fe90d94c1b1f2/regubujinure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jockmurray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d707c3a9eb5---87513570172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://djhelaly.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/35f183a6f353a8fc18dcf14aeedac498/xikakumogedazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etre-belle.su/images/file/koxudad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thebetterinsurance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b5955ebb66---29540119328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.catalogodecineargentino.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160724e7b6c842---goxafiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ikima.fr/uploads/file/fosorurewevuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bringem.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/91bbc6b78e88ea45f9cfd736c56cb187/9334507485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chickenwild.com/upload/contents/images/images/10900227698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eandjfamilyhealthcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d984e099383dde131205b32323fa67d7/donajozoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rongoldmanlaw.com/system/js/back/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28927272954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://groupunsur4.com/contents/files/87343960070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vinhthuan.vn/upload/files/64218774941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+grow+my+clothing+brandPDF 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_off0000f4a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4A6 10848 bytes
SHA-256: 29edad4f4038ca71489a457c15d33e6227519c6169d82be696ed58dafbf52208
font_01_sfnt_off00010d4b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D4B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001255d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1255D 17072 bytes
SHA-256: 29664775b4d9afeb6a5b3ff1a7c8b98ed09fb486f107a9c45b80f9dc24e86f7d