Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 41bd5675fe1d2a85…

MALICIOUS

PDF

111.7 KB Created: 2021-09-02 05:48:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 09ff548d3961b941152038c7e82c1f6a SHA-1: 601a5afee3a36f4fca2c731a706805008e2e2ddb SHA-256: 41bd5675fe1d2a858cbf5b5bb01099ef8aa9cba096eda79d296f7ecf08814080
124 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains a link farm pointing to numerous compromised WordPress sites, indicating a phishing or redirection campaign. ClamAV detection as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 further supports its malicious nature. The file's primary function appears to be directing users to malicious content hosted on these compromised domains.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier suspicious score 0.3933

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • 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://flexi-cms.com/uploads/file/dafibugotitilev.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.sevgiliyevideo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f1e5dac4d1---ledenexibokuviwimopupora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://controlcert.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612a6d8b81f7c---xomerededupirulujumuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unipell.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8b7fba69c3---xemobinadexogufujoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sosnovgeo.ru/userfiles/file/lunegepidalijazinitav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amako-ra.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c764fbd58af93cdb2289afcfdd72c1e5/57113988450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.restorationservice.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087718d7e232---26562718467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atreve.eu/ubezpiecz/obrazy/file/2133384671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uleshuzatshop.hu/files/file/kulifotixebamozunedade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afd.me.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/deg9f68295ohqu78f2t071ie4f/xalolikajilukidigodijika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquaticlandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab5a1e4a1fc---gufujakaburiwur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://n-production.com/upload/fckeditor/file/92448691402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gikguamerica.com/userfiles/file/fixetipesep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rrvchefs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e4ea2152c19533bd47d3af261324c870/60120403519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://discoverapartmentsforrent.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d0a2f21606055e8d05a0914b9a497f22/47381316058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://equalland.com/uploads/File/badodogirolitepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shinyjewellers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0t4bql4uq1utc1mneksui2uq3l/81078841378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opalsolar.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608043feac02f---57252820918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.avenueroadadvertising.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c26f53bbfc---48409329148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aleeblog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6evo3mpm0cp06qlmulpkp00si2/juruseratuwose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geredekombiservisi.com/userfiles/file/74913040615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://boldvision.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080fa1ee9adb---78783437416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://encoyun.com/calisma2/files/uploads/91375977609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=ffxiv+level+60+weaponsPDF link annotation
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000160a2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x160A2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000178b4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x178B4 19772 bytes
SHA-256: 89ef7f09f592996cd0909420b91c8bafc68ddbfa8e5dcf7017ab8666646b72a9