Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 41ba47a5c7457930…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.3 KB Created: 2021-09-18 19:16:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: ea1c082bf16e3851d57801bf0c4aada1 SHA-1: 5975562816ef5f3dfef38ffd10890e50ab0f051e SHA-256: 41ba47a5c74579305616351270aacf267bc8b09eff76c96929e39faa4b6cf5f8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, and it contains embedded JavaScript. The PDF also functions as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to potentially compromised websites or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to lure users to malicious content. The presence of embedded JavaScript and the link farm structure indicate a likely phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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 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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=best+free+tv+show+websites PDF link annotation
    • http://cathyourhair.nl/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54489056031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sevvalturizm.com/rsm/files/84777289804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hyeminshop.com/DATA/files/reduvizabibavadigefifagas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dulichtantai.com/files/uploaded/files/simesomojikefupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realimpacto.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161347f91cbf1e---2062392969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regaluxiluminacion.com/uploads/assets/file/92876048310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandioso.asia/editor_upload_image/file/dogim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ibliberia.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7517613876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mmgrowersg.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zelatil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kawoka.com/userfiles/file/siwinamekuzuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blgjad.com/upload/files/46809431693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hflbdq.com/uploads/file/040512116518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fcvperu.org/data/fcvperu/userfiles/file/fotuwinurabivuseli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://panhongbo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/site_eachfun_com/files/suzigasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brixtontaxi.com/survey/userfiles/files/liwududovujagur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robvancampen.nl/userfiles/file/jowopolugib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.netcorp.hu/data/editorfile/selimisubupako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proff-doors.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/kebanudedaroduribopipoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://copyjokertw.aw6.tw/uploadfile/qu4_qu106_com/files/15422229093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoaiduc.edu.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25024816365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://majubesar.info/contents/files/98608203061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://promocionesnma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e3d1526080d930462251a618d0faa1a7/27171357112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hz-kontejnery.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xofedomagizomedijoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pavaniautismschools.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mpgfh1b9huoohnuj88l3rptut8/66797892804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://netiko.ge/img/Data/file/98866399069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://855solution.com/htdocs/cljr/data/files/96673257776.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_off0000dd08.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD08 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f51a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF51A 18044 bytes
SHA-256: 3a1845acd884522310df543914ee495dd83b3660c94d17d266b77611ca527ae0
font_02_sfnt_off000123e6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123E6 10344 bytes
SHA-256: e5606766a8e2487b439abacb643175eec11c6576456406c824a1d55333d4d878