Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 41ad252f1ec6cb15…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.0 KB Created: 2021-09-18 20:47:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: c2630e5f70b41ae35184d0e4b8e9e414 SHA-1: 30ecd16c1039e54ec51e2a160fc32e8479033b61 SHA-256: 41ad252f1ec6cb1559c300d524d6a92e344b681ee64e55964508da08d0273fba
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, indicative of a phishing or malware distribution lure. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are consistent with techniques used to deliver malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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://anbc31.iscriptscloud.com/app/webroot/files/file/49429944097.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://corpeverest.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/giripemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onlinetalk.jp/app/webroot/img/fckfiles/file/lubumiwep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fsnmmaterials.com/UPFILE/userfiles/files/kutev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://art4you.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/mamogejefigogirusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tano-cable.com/d/files/86012164800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mxm-hosting.nl/img/editor/file/matilosopejuvabaruzamev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--rssx31a7tec6p.com/upload/userfiles/files/20210913085833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://btfa.tw/upload/files/46389265421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80ag1a2a.xn--p1ai/files/file/49668277966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lolakarimova.uz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61877574001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.udelimpa.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33841063935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skupp.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161391dc353c95---nerizivekinepof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e2ingenieros.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/keragawamefukone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttccid.com/userfiles/files/wafutefovuxir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://investinwielkopolska.pl/application/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nunezodevirizazagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modelkyujin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161421c3bb5c6f---senuvutup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://varadimasszazs.hu/uploads/files/86575030280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yaofangpeixun.com/upload/files/xupux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestcaps99.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dexivozotekazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vinhthuan.vn/upload/files/19577174082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fishboat.hr/files/jowubolewomekodugiripipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----itbbfrdrdbd4bgy6gi.xn--p1ai/webroot/files/files/39558340414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://becro-plast.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138a937ac5f8---negef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://putzlappenborner.at/editor_up/42722145841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=rayman+jungle+run+download+androidPDF 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_off0000dba2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBA2 10800 bytes
SHA-256: edcc54f02fc5a617047ed0ae920de4f8bd40ad3c790a58dd9191f6f3f3d1acee
font_01_sfnt_off0000f441.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF441 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010c53.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C53 18888 bytes
SHA-256: 719589fb78cb1e9cb87b9d6d25281df5200d224b57b4a4142b2c8c1c22f4d19b