Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 41c227de28bc5c51…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.4 KB Created: 2021-09-07 01:57:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 20fea0a4df5cab664375ae946097225c SHA-1: 4344335eb58be40efe7f4a5b3679331268aa3826 SHA-256: 41c227de28bc5c5143484dc29950a48a342a02b414fa54f1ec03674148c90fae
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised websites, which in turn host further PDF files. This behavior is indicative of a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support the malicious nature of this file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://festivalecolo.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e2f6919e56e---80306516467.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.democratum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/09b68395fd575ee87dfb42d3b36ac2cc/68811522504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namastehealth.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4hsqrfnsf62fqsrgv5cvmtvons/marulivedagogutodonemazas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupophi.es/uploads/files/21894276213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mazurubezpieczenia.pl/zdjecia/fck/file/dosafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://divorcefinance.nl/uploads//file/pimabunofemadaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.virtualaid.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611afea963af1---59743005835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abapaposentados.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa40007e1e0---sivevumuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.shipsupply.co.mz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080ad869a0a8---53345609583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://odnoklassniki-files.ru/images/uploads/files/72264649698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mousike.it/img_ins/files/natizalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amwordpress.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b70ba2f6db---33485831395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mdc.ir/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83049967305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crystalnymph.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d7c44aeab9a2c05534ee1a834d309428/fofixagesuxun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botanicgardenscafe.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc945a798c1---56709385737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diamant-x.sk/UserFiles/file/nibagekezunir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thefutureofgolf.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16125e7ab9a41c---wudeduwekabew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adveotec.com/img/file/wifijobewazev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://europeancustomtailor.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/33e82b3bd2cfb807b4cac47520170b49/lenapimux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://djhelaly.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/db92439541b709542866feeff36e23eb/12519133505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duonglaohanoi.com/userfiles/file/dipofajasikutikugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://logiccpacma.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lakezuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=business+english+esl+worksheets+activitiesPDF 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_off0000d76b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD76B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ef7d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF7D 16788 bytes
SHA-256: 373105db456a78f6bded5794df74b52b6f86ab9d8b190f54f7f84891c92c8859
font_02_sfnt_off00011aad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11AAD 10904 bytes
SHA-256: c87c7fcdee1473bfc62b6125742b244801c21ab36baf5863e4b77b841a987fdf