Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 41e3b04ef4ba56f5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.3 KB Created: 2021-07-02 16:00:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: ee6f2034fced9e711a4b4e21e0ac73f6 SHA-1: 05431069bd0baea36b08bea8ffc6679735138e01 SHA-256: 41e3b04ef4ba56f5162fc90f20ca88467001f45f3f9e52e3e44dc1292a3cc37b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file that contains a large number of external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and numerous links suggest it's designed to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=international+journal+of+physical+distribution+%26+logistics+management+impact+factor
    • http://asesoriagarpe.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078615728721---15064024822.pdf
    • http://voszveszprem.hu/_user/file/dajifarolakamoziwokubo.pdf
    • http://www.cargeacrew.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5f64a9f556---44306311470.pdf
    • https://freedomhypnosisnyc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e5386ec275d60fdaf4b15d99501b633f/sebojiba.pdf
    • https://www.cir.cloud/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa6ee369d5a---batisolame.pdf
    • https://www.booster-p.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c42f0601624---42911031512.pdf
    • https://birotex.rs/images/files/59105646874.pdf
    • https://securitydm.com/slicice/file/55957919897.pdf
    • http://allegroescrow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087dfad27cdd---mukuzal.pdf
    • https://travelone.ae/userfiles/files/64154980210.pdf
    • http://www.holderit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9adfd0dfc3---boparizamodugepek.pdf
    • http://cokhihoangvinh.com/uploads/userfiles/file/gosusazolanap.pdf
    • https://agrotehholding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/87f6971ac6ee71fe98bdfd556916646a/46585174745.pdf
    • http://nw-line.ru/generic/uploaded/defilexutalere.pdf
    • https://graffitipaintstudio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f115d84cbcf19e590943f3e719de06a7/31038545109.pdf
    • https://arizonapoolcontractor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b834cad486b---30966109445.pdf
    • https://halobysciton.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160810a9122ed4---fonopitipumu.pdf
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aff4e43930c---60740025929.pdf
    • http://aeskulap24h.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fe86852da0---25785879320.pdf
    • http://ohsclassof73.com/clients/9/9a/9a21b0b253f7c4eafe662346d237c286/File/saxabofen.pdf
    • https://mytalk7.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/waborudukib.pdf
    • http://dabien.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160db1bcc0c8be---66130530143.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00010abe.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10ABE 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000122d5.bin
a4b1e5a87b0dfc63ab377fbb880ac6952c9eadadaf44c228dbb379d2f7ece123
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122D5 11152 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013c91.bin
03828812afc9f4583faf1f209456d944eebf1a71488d5aa66b58fcaa2400d2d1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C91 22500 bytes