Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 41b3f0ac720e72b6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.4 KB Created: 2021-09-18 19:10:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: f80aaca94542811f29b0af943a5ca96c SHA-1: 31b37b94fa31812a9ef578047ab0587aacebaf92 SHA-256: 41b3f0ac720e72b6c6e117ffe4e4bf62e5bbea2cb4d58d5800c85516da8993e8
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing or trojan distribution attempt. It contains numerous links pointing to external PDFs hosted on compromised WordPress sites and disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself facilitates the attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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.
  • 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://castilloexterior.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tapotawasi.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://xn--64-mlcufjjaii0l.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b2d3220a97a1a08a567e7c5e75f5b9e5/rofapavogiwikawitejiluz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://niengrangchuyensau.com/upload/contentFile/file/fadugekatitakuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stjconsulting.it/userfiles/files/lawidurebulamegas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.casestilistas.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mowebudezimik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svs-pm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161395bac7fa9e---83004482812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canadapremiumlubes.com/survey/userfiles/files/34951221346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://st03.it/userfiles/files/68299814950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snap-drone.com/userfiles/file/xuzokogitoxobomoxoxib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.findvoters.com/userfiles/file/73345709687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gf-location.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613894375f932---wutoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anais.terminarz.online/kosmetyczka/krakow/files/kaditulejikitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://donleroy.net/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/jitikiwetifijaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tolltisztitas.eu/userfiles/files/80625818239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://screen.by/images/file/31815869918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mebelihome.ru/upload_picture/dokipozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://astdubai.co/userfiles/files/guretom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://druckmaschinenservice.com/uploads/fce/files/18060798249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cruiseship.cruises/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fe9svrhic0gvqmvauane7nm7nn/80413687615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://actinq.nl/upload/file/koritavezafez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariacittadivignola.com/userfiles/files/vavugeloletefofekisadesop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3mfa.com/images/editor/files/62329590220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+egyptian+spinachPDF 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_off0000f15e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF15E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010970.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10970 18068 bytes
SHA-256: 6d3eb43db150fd89bcc3752cd52bbe4e7af07ddaf893a703ce42668f6f0b6b0c
font_02_sfnt_off0001382d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1382D 10496 bytes
SHA-256: a43e890abcb6625950ece0ccb3de2f8ec67e4083965dacb678853f4bf287d190