Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 41e8de884a4c6038…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.6 KB Created: 2021-07-06 03:55:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 63b79b5ac2ec037e01be7007df8fa775 SHA-1: 4db966d73eef1c8341bdf6dae2156b8a0c07b6ce SHA-256: 41e8de884a4c60386c36e5a0fbec7c0b2ed21d7b569185a450825fcdd2a1f2ad
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, indicating it functions as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded URLs are the primary indicators of compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://worldkelo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/69f8ce8f7162ea218145bd03b9f29827/53862704538.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e20053c527---97904531587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wksx.top/images/userfiles/file/77009402560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://insights3.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f76cfe0d59e38926b82d8e545f1bf16c/97117267067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkoronetour.com/userfiles/file/liwebivegutilininopetuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cruiseship.cruises/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7rmq86o72cn7u605k9klsdacrl/givijupezojomonatinuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nsck-cykelmotion.dk/userfiles/file/sumitamuzomukuvupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.linkkorea.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0fc1243108---busafariwufax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukhatirhomes.com/userfiles/file/venadojobewebegun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marciasmithconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b7cb5bdf7b36a64494feaddcff30e9da/kelipuvabipureluzide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ghnservizi.com/file/zosalopirafidapurasodoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ovartec.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb1e725f23e---votawatesofisuporelamon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuccifamilyonline.com/clients/b/b5/b5aed9f4ae8fd2b300021b46b426cae6/File/rotoredun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2016montemayorreunion.com/clients/e/e5/e530e98a7ee505477716bae2fe71cdef/File/99509745827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--64-mlcufjjaii0l.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f9af7f5cff0dcee536677d89e2054a9/92663197277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.akutrans.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc668b11c2---21130569622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://criollo-cocoa.com/userfiles/file/ziwarivenavuluxexonitiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.movingintofreedom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b38e4e05b2---lepejupifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kantankacreative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fdf444a2e59bc7d118e01bdb072b24ec/nunudobaxutazeja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rekalibracija.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8f0f815ebaa84381f009314767676a34/34327726726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ezhealthcheck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c63j61r8gt61im5911oeijj395/buxix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sonarmusic.hu/up_image/file/37510413717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pamat.ro/UserFiles/file/rabufova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chinese-wall.tw/upload/files/rimizuzok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=my+story+malayalam+movie+reviewPDF 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_off0000ed58.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED58 17800 bytes
SHA-256: 59f4f3027e02f1c27a0aece2eb52c2cec79f02419a24a88fecb90662b247be66
font_01_sfnt_off00011b9d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B9D 10424 bytes
SHA-256: 706d99634c9b78e2ccfd7326b7fc8044af4311157837825fe1e2f760aeda66fe
font_02_sfnt_off0001335a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1335A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1