Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 41d267219fc2bea3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

107.0 KB Created: 2021-07-21 04:10:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: d80a350c0c9f929db7d34add090f4168 SHA-1: 0e6f94152bc03a23bb15fc99f8fb51412f545e40 SHA-256: 41d267219fc2bea3cd9e07e18ea0b2a93473abdc64d2cf3523a3cc6bc08866a8
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to numerous compromised WordPress upload directories and other disposable hosting sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The file's structure and embedded URLs suggest it is designed to lure users to external malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9932

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://mis.nrru.ac.th/gradjournal/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26924953626.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://airbays.com/userfiles/file/xixujaluto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.franklinwebdesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074ac5e8c16f---waliwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zdravi-kromeriz.cz/files/file/15230704114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nutronicltd.com/userfiles/file/giposunaximabowijotoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tfnd.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de7cc51f35c64d3ef2293c985c64cfbd/lalizusuzoladosigugep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northwoodmedical.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tu7ti89ah4legkltmun1j8c7at/38209672005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veraschwemmle.de/fckdata/file/44905758519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prsnashville.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/88514df3ab738d3ae894b2039e0ac0df/wijote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kngroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab35265ad98---muxoputuwoxewepojapazetaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kapelski.pl/userfiles/file/patatugatifutelojet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://china-miyaco.com/img/file/202175154246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.idromeccanicasrl.com/idromeccanicasrl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b64723623bfb14df3dd1dec716358756/90824110922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--clinicaquirogavilario-vbc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0avbjnkac05i97b5kbv8msca03/83153402720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ganan10.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160da58e0a8b8a---12309146866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://husvagnsexpo.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160817bef63781---51684304326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjoybrands.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3ffc59cb5a---siwupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.auditek.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f18b3f38b7---43233992764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kawanmto.com/contents//files/tutexesori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jdbailbonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a690c151f389048903d5201cbb0f9ef5/poderogawezevadetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paintingservicesonline.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3c2b39e473---28551574835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aihr-iadh.org/uploads/FCK_files/file/40492414301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refour.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5357fe6035e5606296e4296e17149db7/mudoxedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cruiseship.cruises/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d9abr9vmjldrmk6coedhmi4lvv/fexagukiviroxuzuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://n95america.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/36912611f332eea77012139de4ff50e7/rifufej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=system+user+guidePDF 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_off0001407f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1407F 10448 bytes
SHA-256: 84745f25b1c5a726e85de00a757048246e3b011d05f4bf5e824e2959e2fe15af
font_01_sfnt_off00015804.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15804 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00017016.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17016 17728 bytes
SHA-256: 86f29e58f6f1cdfa499a90d0356f3bbc47fb8edbab466d4b1b3433a86132eec4