Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 41d35dacbbf6d61d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.5 KB Created: 2021-07-20 23:44:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 304584f5d20cf24660cecaacf0f7ee4c SHA-1: 28e193381fcb93c877b541400393ec4c4c76f6c9 SHA-256: 41d35dacbbf6d61d2807535743449ec56bf9e311c0a9fab66b442de8af6ac6b8
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of multiple PDF link farm heuristics indicates a strong intent to lead users to potentially harmful destinations.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://fietenhaardenenkachels.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086320890209---79925173543.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.hkqi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079f827d59e3---xepisezusenetewog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pointcookelectrician.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bc2c3c9f8c---lufowuvotomoluxuliwom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/771ir8knt2g4us2o5lg7tfrgkd/70407417782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fcv-bo.org/data/fcv-bo/userfiles/file/losetimadazudewotekama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cesurmakina.com/userfiles/file/devekudogakufakijofabalix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://humanitool.ru/userfiles/file/72220181856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.northeastmarquees.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f19f20f79a725a3ae91722dacc22f7ba/lulusororu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.certificagreen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079a8728b34d---milebufalorapagiwiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sportuna.be/ckfinder/userfiles/files/doxuforunugazakek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akonis.ch/userfiles/files/mazewilejiratapopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://braciszewska-klimek.pl/fck_files/file/wivudividotunapotolep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesorialuishervas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160924e6eae7c4---18464097835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.partyshuttlebus.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608116310373d---41891602947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weinquartier.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d6925db1413060ca6dbdb006f1f3dabc/forepozujakukurokonumitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landbondcorten.com/attachment/file/850c332c56457c0c6a770256c8349466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bungefamily.com/clients/5233/File/48591348060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://urbanplace.me/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0d49a23fced167c8ece80ad8aa810333/lafoxugonuragiziwesam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kidnuri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609453535458e---92974998100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.champcaregivers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c84bd37f1b3---wadojegavib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://planbmedia.hu/files/72313318767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emergent-partners.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160750e8559965---70669718876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ruilong-ironwork.com/CKEdit/upload/files/mimipibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://playerpress.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tagojulegejikolinenuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://protechlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cb7c4413da19fc63510d74be8faf44b2/jusaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=week+five+waiver+wirePDF 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_off0000f58b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF58B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010d9d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D9D 17188 bytes
SHA-256: 0d9eea2af785f18a530a15790c7fd755994c5b1a058592c16d2e47e78f79383e
font_02_sfnt_off00013ab5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13AB5 9908 bytes
SHA-256: 6335ad584f676b1927c19c965ecb86ecd66b649c4f3eb0ff7c3c45ee9442f1fd