Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 41ee5db64728c53c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.1 KB Created: 2021-09-19 10:58:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 032756d903f58173737d0153e01dba57 SHA-1: ff3cd68381fd8c98247e1ea95aca2c1236ffc791 SHA-256: 41ee5db64728c53c252c6aadd26248b5c38117d726c9e3486c0d083b700a86d6
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The sample is a PDF file flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious. It contains a link farm pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content. The 'SE_CLICKFIX' heuristic indicates social engineering, instructing the user to press Win+R or paste a command, which is a common technique to bypass macro restrictions and execute arbitrary code, likely to download a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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
  • ClickFix social engineering attack high SE_CLICKFIX
    Document instructs the user to press Win+R or paste a command into a terminal — consistent with ClickFix attacks that bypass macro restrictions by tricking users into running malicious commands directly
  • 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 http://voyagevietnamlaos.com/hinhanh/file/1672014269.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://aneri12.eu/res/file/nanosasikezudonexagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://st-johnson.com/Uploadfiles/files/movakemelebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zonwering-nederland.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86601189251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://etravelbox.com/scgtest/team-explore/uploads/files/durakozufufomipemiwufatar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://batdongsandothanh.vn/luutru/files/kerosevupekulunabemapupux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adabaskimerkezi.com/upload/file/resenazudetipimafun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brothersaluminium.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16146dc65b54b3---50538073693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purevdavaa.mn/uploads/ckfinder/files/givapowisef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thedewakohchang.com/image/upload/File/3228942241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jiji.pgo.tw/pic/uploads/files/90966129698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sochisushi.nl/survey/userfiles/files/72798550770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://graciaindoutama.com/kingkong/userfiles/files/runosaximarazede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grafosaleservice.cz/images/fck_editor/file/tetizitafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://learn-atdi.com/uploads/files/9694672399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.taxikladis.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161399b2d2289a---64897807230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://playerpress.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/datoxetewuteverasapakogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.groupe-coelho.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xisonawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://simonide.org/userfiles/file/53290946469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://torremaggiore.sitmap.it/files/files/18666815335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://foodphotoshop.com/userfiles/files/78537366738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://humanlitech.com/files/files/gonanugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://campermagazine.tv/public/file/41829194264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spyboarcams.com/files/91080969869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.driftime.ee/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16146e2d49113d---56049311091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=redmi+note+7+pro+usb+debugging+not+workingPDF 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_off0000d35c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD35C 11040 bytes
SHA-256: fffef3b866d5350db4b3e3858682405fdaa10148a76761f9b3345b40efb5b53c
font_01_sfnt_off0000ecb9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECB9 17604 bytes
SHA-256: 60986feb033ea54319c4a9c09e6ad94103241d40d4c771efaecc68b268975de6
font_02_sfnt_off00011aca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11ACA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1