Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 41ce90f52aa9d03e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.1 KB Created: 2021-08-03 22:00:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 4f2066f37d826f6e0e5064aeec723edf SHA-1: bcb022d6f11050e13d5b265a900cc312e5b4d165 SHA-256: 41ce90f52aa9d03e9bd9b7b0fd983b8e54e16e2f2d1fdffee958c5f511f0ed38
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. Heuristics indicate this is a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support the malicious nature of this file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9866

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://heritagelogs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dar44s4f7ctcorfi17qdhs27gb/52608333571.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://airsoft1.ro/files/file/lisefemiwoguvelogekonavab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://profbuhotchet.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6990e029212dc46f42848147da2428ea/geleponotarusisumef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.verpoort-bouw.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6478dc6435---zesiragixezopij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ziepniekkalns.lv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609854467ef5b---mavixugolavolububomewefot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gingerwooddesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c552b163950---lewikivuzotebem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prikolnaya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e3681c03a2e185d989a6ee15b5798d2c/24929209272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://contact-house.com/fckeditor/upload/file/46102117972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adanateknikservis.web.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afdb643e60b---sujerurakuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnpair.com/userfiles/file/20099917397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chocolatycakes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160822e0a100cc---wigeziwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chromoink.com/updates/file/63184058795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novussiteyonetimi.com/uploads/file/60590745983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vdgairconditioning.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6a1f6d2555---90805570668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jiendurancecoaching.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/didapexuvonodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://penney1970.com/clients/7/74/747debde904cce1d9d58e62e9103e361/File/watofakunumezit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tw-go.org/files/70118461134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saaretravel.ee/images/file/30323924806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dm288.rs/slicice/file/39043501632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnpair.com/userfiles/file/golenizomapolirilibosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bandai-k.com/userfiles/file/vifalet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediabandit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa4acc581a1---rakovil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://discoverapartmentsforrent.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4c3ee55b871ee25422c296e231e00f79/zumuzojuvakuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wisserarm.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/gumelesijixovigipogabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullertherapy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f005670292---mekimakaketut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vegas-shop.net/uploads/files/levewexeteturuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frutapac.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57284341399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=ejercicios+de+caligrafia+para+ni%C3%B1os+para+imprimir+gratisPDF 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_off0000fb2f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB2F 17712 bytes
SHA-256: db31f3e7e8a82c48d6457301d3317367daf8bfa58b016c97e9f49c391cb98132
font_01_sfnt_off00012807.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12807 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001401e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1401E 11284 bytes
SHA-256: dc6eba08ce2925ee2da693901cb827dc56a81a35e796f647d671803b1f25fadd