Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 41f37f6426632e09…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.3 KB Created: 2021-08-02 02:56:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: d289e8e702cba22dd600927a1bf79f19 SHA-1: 98e73d5deee5fb03d19477499332b497fb5b142c SHA-256: 41f37f6426632e09e07c1604d684e9848fa6500c1152b9dad4d0092e20e1ac19
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm or phishing attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to redirect users to malicious sites or download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://hmjrgoldhockey.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7104075b6ad5de8e4edd949572aa473b/39749277681.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://bahia-group.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rejamito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotellemaritime.com/hotel/upload/files/12399921185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchiriereelicoptere.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c6d41ef581---51275531968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandiosa.is/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vahuj6fs45omk2l050dln0l0t7/ludapulijat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.auditsi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd5d74eae0c---mekogafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sbs-group.co/userfiles/files/42539367867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-sportis.com/images/upload/34904383941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eastcoastbiker.de/sites/default/files/file/97878800322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majoriscambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f6c7b2b977f---waditizonuzapelal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yangpupark.com/uploadfile/files/42679121716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vietnamairlinescorp.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53477703367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bright-mineral.com/uploadfile/file/2021052910533946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://614move.com/clients/4890/File/28089094099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fobiy.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/54897f465aa66213def13241f9f3df0c/labamizipaxamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cinstech-inspect-survey.com/fckeditor_userfiles/file/56686559210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inewbus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p2h9scb723mn810q83molc57s1/22490634803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotspot-usa.com/js/upload/files/28711561451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ontheedgeofnow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f7f0d08f64---89443981672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://callhfelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083acfd8b63d---dolekurekizigezoredexev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanasushipickup.com/uploads/files/lixijibirominupozez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dp-engineers.com/admin/userfiles/file/1412471619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bilagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ade83733b9d---bolobaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuyewrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/04683eb66c7d7b1c23c123c1abd8f142/kivamenoro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=first+aid+for+the+psychiatry+clerkship+fifth+editionPDF 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_off0000d9ea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9EA 18088 bytes
SHA-256: bded9f9a05d6bac60328fe2ef7ef8b80d285b11efddbaaeda8eb66aeefc614ad
font_01_sfnt_off0001095e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1095E 10900 bytes
SHA-256: e2b2085ab87dbee2eb443928dcb888eb1ad7621cac6cc42f5606220085391036
font_02_sfnt_off00012285.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12285 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1