Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 41bfb7f5a8b83fe9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.3 KB Created: 2021-09-06 07:17:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 198c602407b9bd6d50f81fc2bd0c7458 SHA-1: b730a34ed3f430c858eda9899d8a0703cf726f64 SHA-256: 41bfb7f5a8b83fe90f1bcc6f68053f3000444c0a0c059a6249e46f5d730e2a4d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript and multiple 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 related to phishing or malware distribution through these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=el+principito+en+ingles+libro+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://vanhacollection.com/images/files/minexodevusepedivadera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anael.fr/fckeditor/userfiles/file/mizekog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nandomoraes.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f0f8d36c9a---9774100230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robertoantoniz.com/resources/original/file/vuboruwojufarizoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ikoi-es.club/yamituki-n/uploads/files/kixivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://delawaretravelmedicine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608083d72d0a0---nolonuzoserav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ekselantechnology.solutions/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38628582999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amtusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f505db345c6---vudovojezobiremefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dobryremont.pl/ebobas/portal/app/webroot/img/tmp/file/16283906979889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaithompson.com/userfiles/file/58002360576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldenpeak.it/userfiles/files/bikakofadetafetolozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kadinlarsitesi.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612e60634c0cd---pagugiwukukufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://backyardreleaf.ca/clients/6/6a/6a4eaaf8452764cb6fc14c9064ed0c71/File/10581131097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polletnv.be/uploads/files/47754650299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbetelparaguay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/16001569ebf885e24c04ceed441d133e/zelawenogakesotasigitemev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://securitydirect.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1bfc5783f97875689d370a2a1c737ce0/lopotagugobuxafowewuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mayxaydungthienlong.com/uploads/files/files/gasufozuzarajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://floridadressyourhome.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/zoxezavor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sellmysayarah.com/userfiles/files/96297611613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thai-apsproducts.com/file_media/file_image/file/7935032716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cameronhaddock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161323d604bcb8---topidime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotspot-usa.com/js/upload/files/60679543778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kachhiproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9qvddc8t5p2ipn40j2djt8jqh1/41442754546.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_off0000c714.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC714 10756 bytes
SHA-256: ebb096ace30699794798df908b131779673da02d16119635c713d4d67b97c420
font_01_sfnt_off0000df73.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF73 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f785.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF785 19000 bytes
SHA-256: 267b93b829bebf6c2ebb3ee338b44143c9ba3b0df00429c1eb0286232ec1ca5c