Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 41adcc7bd9a7f5f7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

109.7 KB Created: 2021-07-09 05:41:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 234f3988cb2e785bb3153ef149b0071f SHA-1: 9dcf3f9d79a1f1230bfbbb6d1d9d46ef26665937 SHA-256: 41adcc7bd9a7f5f7b5251a17d071af13c649cb4744caafc6ebd723d26e41bf7d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or are part of a link farm on disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing or malware sites. The embedded JavaScript is a common method for initiating malicious actions within PDF documents.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9780

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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=tired+after+eating+carbs PDF link annotation
    • http://xn--80aab8aioy.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/26478999626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angelsstaff.com/uploads/file/98801416341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelristorantenovecento.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ee8d41fb19e1622b4a31ba66857740d5/56883264901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagiez.de/userfiles/file/46103151333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bi-acaovo.com/upload/files/wifesuxilipuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saltokisport.com/uploads/files/3783952635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prsnashville.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1843772ab728b9488616b54358255c58/96377019614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wemservice.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9784054318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://websurin.net/UserFiles/File/78153878720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elitaliaweb.it/upload/file/31374243038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gelateriacool.it/userfiles/files/zofatebuluxoveriwujurod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maduraicaterers.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51472585296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canadianrelocation.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607068ff8210d---fasisekasupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d1bbed59259---guwedinawufosozowotupuwip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gresathouse.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/709564d9700de11b0f37e338826f0824/31634326192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-aalst.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afbb82f40ca---wajuveg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ore-processing.ru/d/files/regozafevilax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amatnieks.com/pictures/image/remagiduziniradogudijujev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caopump.com/admin/userfiles/file/wutijunuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phoenixknights.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b5f03d77c7a90bd444b6a6ebf20c51f0/60565438905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0227e50c5033d261a068685e3f05d001/lodozuwebozebutegemog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archinfo.ru/uploads/file/7777805000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://netshopnepal.com/userfiles/file/29709092276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mission4recruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a97bac05c02---45257425457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urbanconstructions.org/images/uploadedimages/file/magupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://serviceservice.eu/userfiles/file/57100599207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbadog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/be28975b533f131d3bf99b847a7de968/71164919822.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_off00014b91.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14B91 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000163a8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x163A8 10588 bytes
SHA-256: 70636e745c4da6dc58647cd670dc3e6f3d4f0517cac49556d948ecb2f97250d6
font_02_sfnt_off00017bbc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17BBC 17512 bytes
SHA-256: 9e80de77090a796ed01cc9d7ddbc0e40f39f962894c01ad16c4632607055ef10