Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 41d96c5b26335321…

MALICIOUS

PDF

102.6 KB Created: 2021-07-13 18:49:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 72e4c2b428910d5629b231e50c23fef2 SHA-1: 12ff7decca7f8198101879f5062b362f57fed41b SHA-256: 41d96c5b26335321d108c77b523855107a7309bc5268846bd847be70360374c3
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. It functions as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other domains, likely intended to lead users to malicious content or downloads. The presence of multiple PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports its role in distributing malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9887

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://homini.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609db44caaa0f---80157026462.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://khabul.mn/mmpa/userfiles/files/78383661860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bellsazshihtzu.com/clients/878694/File/zemuwoxurepotuwaxige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opalbiosciences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a29d29dbbfb---wanutudoloxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bellezaeimagen.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608472ee02720---naluwubolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.truegridpaver.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ec467bedacd126ac3dd5d6ecdb07bee4/vonodij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lichnyiybrand.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160716025d4a6e---dixokajefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xahscw.com/userfiles/file/gifevobisabiwavuwewexiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nirmalapublicschoolerumely.com/userfiles/file/datodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colours-of.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k58r2pbhnhfjjsagqpdeiqbn2n/81629412776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.justgym.co.za/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ipkn27phuhu9uus2k653i7ge27/sotijexoganukipajepuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aklond.com/UploadFilesfile///2021050316220828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eurekaloggers1970.com/clients/a/a4/a4917853023b9a70bc4506ca58f09c65/File/puxufoxufawarasaxugokipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carthink.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160747df4f00ae---93905489855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geose.ru/userfiles/file/lizowidavuxumomarop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foto-preiss.at/upload_files/files/72445728794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zhansq.cn/upload/file/31781596915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://russkiivopros.com/images/FCKeditor/file/13933815906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blackknowledge.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e0b234d116fe2450583d7c088dd7824/35765016971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mastervgtour.by/var/upload/file/22583419953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artmetinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160985d86e07a1---79355843813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lauricedale.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608642754d291---razozagak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://driver-jazda.pl/upload/file/32654783672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.corridar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4gtd3rl7206t027uvmd8m4lubs/2404677777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.qookspot.kitchen/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1e5ccf02a6---9462569901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=chemical+formula+of+sodium+carbonate+by+criss+cross+methodPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0001187f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1187F 3072 bytes
SHA-256: 1dad113edea592181abe6fbb453c3363536b710863ccf8b4643ac909825b0e58
font_01_sfnt_off0001251b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1251B 11128 bytes
SHA-256: e734de1b1dcf45789e5870dd7b62d47384565aa820a76245e6be856a3f206de7
font_02_sfnt_off00013eec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13EEC 20148 bytes
SHA-256: 65161a2ab959b33c236dc9342ac4947e58b6bc6d23fab5b433bf09274cc953fb
font_03_sfnt_off00017414.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17414 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1