Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 41ab2dde3ab39417…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.4 KB Created: 2021-07-31 19:20:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 9c23cd72f23be0421d780208d4d75b7a SHA-1: 10a099a12677f490ed8c51617447e1fc365db1ad SHA-256: 41ab2dde3ab3941725c55221387954255e8de0fa39af9a632ff3b2b8039d2825
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it's part of a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics indicates a sophisticated effort to obscure the final destination. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior strongly suggest it's designed to lead users to a phishing or malware distribution site.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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.
  • Fake invoice / payment lure low SE_INVOICE_LURE
    Document contains invoice or payment language paired with an action verb — useful context when combined with link, macro, or attachment indicators
  • 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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=massachusetts+car+bill+of+sale+form+free
    • https://www.stamfordtaxis.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7tq4afm7d8qs18paajdpj0rhth/37279613146.pdf
    • http://thienlongadv.com/upload/files/dosixafuveporelusenov.pdf
    • https://adbetelparaguay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f313f5dcdb502f65fe495fd447dfc097/wiwasidomisajuzexejenax.pdf
    • https://healthmatters.me/userfiles/file/zejobolijovulawekubatufof.pdf
    • https://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085a1065c53c---48376023540.pdf
    • https://gulceoyunlar.com/calisma2/files/uploads/gutavuvojugadar.pdf
    • http://jagodkaprzedszkole.pl/userfiles/file/wobetoj.pdf
    • https://growmytruck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/90066991e35cfd0dbbb2c8ea95c10453/464251658.pdf
    • http://villaturri.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a43752d92b2---jiziwol.pdf
    • http://libertyquad72.fr/userfiles/file/gabopoviwebuvokol.pdf
    • https://syntellect.ru/Repository/file/porobatudanumasedax.pdf
    • http://sentezetutmerkezi.com/upload/ckfinder/files/82574516759.pdf
    • http://www.anclupnapoli.it/userfiles/file/bugivalokeripogajotated.pdf
    • https://www.mobytec.com.br/mobytec/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e5e7990be1---folifuxedenosibatikamoga.pdf
    • https://kayakbranson.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16100b421f2c12---zobojopedaf.pdf
    • https://digireg.se/upload/semedavipunewevokezege.pdf
    • https://denizlihorozu.com/resimler/files/54025100382.pdf
    • https://proxus.nl/file/67033450011.pdf
    • http://nc2e.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0175269c84---51815593295.pdf
    • https://museos.comarcadelasierradealbarracin.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30563985279.pdf
    • http://www.gcsystem.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fed562aa62---48644900855.pdf
    • https://www.cedicar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079ac9ada728---zezabidazow.pdf
    • http://prodesign31.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8ab85b0655---pigitunijejekona.pdf
    • https://sce.tw/uploads/files/60d2331f66d49.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000fde3.bin
9b2f1e187be134d2a3b5f248174c08f8570c8a266f8a8840d509eee74c82bc9c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDE3 10728 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001168c.bin
8a1b7a2bbe25f4a73a0614e462ea7a52dde6fc4f4fb252dce9872b0008e8be57
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1168C 17140 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00014382.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14382 16792 bytes