Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 41e3f1574970b43f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.7 KB Created: 2021-07-20 19:04:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 3ccd1227fa29954926be4a0291ada58a SHA-1: c14a72aa371870a8f4d0c8297f9ecb1595f40625 SHA-256: 41e3f1574970b43fb3a82cd905fff2169973ca6ffa5bac67c3f54ecbade0d91c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm for SEO manipulation or phishing. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://willmarlakesarea2040.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pikefalulerokoros.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.wikiwebagency.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a14a5df219dd7480e7510155ef255f77/36221801946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://areicon.com/images/file/xavowazimozozudodagoxen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rockpapersun.com/upload_mce_image/file/72516916527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaaexpressac.com/userfiles/file/xuxusitikuvelizoxiginareb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vickers-electronics.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ee544dfb3552474d124c9fb004498e6e/39586882815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cutletsmeat.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ae8cc58b03---tabaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lisahyatthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acf2c6a6f79---litekopanos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1lta85qs3usu5tpvsuma4403g2/39209603076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahxxzx.com/userfiles/202105/file/83917225683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monacollection.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ed8f1a21e262054e6a30e40cb1362a6e/siriwoteteburetizeratefov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imad0c0.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28636542922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.growxponential.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ivom2g9qesm9plmpnei48s325u/99476808532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://useoneconvo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/baf755833fad2b2b8f76b0156ea57f52/zojefedixemiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://casaperferiesantamariagoretti.com/writable/public/userfiles/file/velimololeje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kennyre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160881f1e22517---wasebowozav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mas.vacations/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fbca5bf507---79608819215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.asahinafunnels.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gopjcfgmdsd6380g36nt1ljlvf/rugutowunepakano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orhancoskun.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a214bb5a2dd---sufido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cruiseship.cruises/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3e92pnrsvc5osudulsorebj773/rabok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erex.hu/upload/file/pefazarub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ampletrekking.com/userfiles/file/72708736963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.johnknox.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160931268eb5be---58627864124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=rs+aggarwal+book+solution+class+7PDF 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_off0000ef40.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF40 17184 bytes
SHA-256: 92a78373ff301ab4d94e7b41a9e229495a111c47b53b69026992a752d0f8ce76
font_01_sfnt_off00011c50.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C50 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013467.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13467 10788 bytes
SHA-256: 1d2df9ba75132ac23fdfc17be9160ad2d3af761eec5a8ff260056a29da283511