Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 41cd46bacaf538b3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.0 KB Created: 2021-08-17 07:41:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: aa5659eafbd62df60a32fb2e7285c2d2 SHA-1: 6f54336479b70ac149723415fab58d321ec56b82 SHA-256: 41cd46bacaf538b3a13041e0aa21e33f2fb6d818122da3ba467bc5515aa9aa47
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, indicating it functions as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of multiple distinct hosts and the use of 'utm_term' parameters suggest an effort to obscure the final destination and potentially leverage SEO tactics.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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 http://skncn.com/u/files/rimanodene.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://land89.com/ckupload/files/99057757379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.micron21.com/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62391952235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amiablediamonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7af6305c0e3dddac0013345bed81ea8a/67848057312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mesotects.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d9026d2df0---mexosuteputeti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedbusiness.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8fc4c56a90298dca89f3c659636ee91/38770900350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koala-al.com/d/files/96719150423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rokakisreunion.com/clients/a/a8/a85ca1e4cfc2bb88d767af442173b437/File/tosasakajojelurinalapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://curry-box-deluxe.de/userfiles/file/37015571137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.properties-thassos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/86j3ij0nb6no0dq8utmacfuqbc/26655087806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bcbc3399.com/upload/files/fosodarasiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wangyiphk.com/userfiles/60487973704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atlantichomeportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abca33012f7---18400672044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oneremote.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9da83695f5a2a896c4245b5db3508ab8/72560236846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://globalcenterhotels.com/bot/ckfinder/uf/files/44732041707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://encouragingmath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6b79fd7ceeff5e82a868c579f6db2f9c/91870080602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cancercareresearch.com/userfiles/file/60193033234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://termocity.by/pics/files/88171273286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tai.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f282077438---22749458168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dmn.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0a415859c1---zuvedajizigep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alllegaltask.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ged8e2akd1ckmc8smq0eoo6vsc/povuligekesatusenixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://starma.pl/files/file/40648984891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haiphongcontest.com/images/files/varew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webhostmurah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095cb51b7ebf---57857849232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=swingline+powerease+stapler+troubleshootingPDF 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_off0000e7a3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7A3 10932 bytes
SHA-256: 2748a2538c6475eef5f3ae04fab07b5218c837723c1e6a9d7612a432b23348e5
font_01_sfnt_off000100b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100B2 18068 bytes
SHA-256: 01c889dbf7358e26991365f973e129bb4029bebb6f1b1dc34ddd61c0c5ddbdc0
font_02_sfnt_off00013061.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13061 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1