Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 41f3f36ab4c6a074…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.9 KB Created: 2021-09-02 10:12:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 36724bd9b0237e9eb7971c1830fe5fc2 SHA-1: 73e67fc4fccfea2b2eacac6973d9ba0fd603b7f0 SHA-256: 41f3f36ab4c6a074f1926588f4629b938bb24c21060adb87de16e934f9415507
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to redirect users to malicious websites or download further payloads. Several heuristics indicate the PDF is part of a link farm hosted on compromised or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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 http://bsl-trans.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15787482970.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://metzpaintings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160db765b85639---porulurinadatitew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwmercury.com/uploads/files/99057989917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akcjonariusz.com/UserFiles/file/baxabemoxidimifaravuzip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1adcbbai1bezln.xn--p1ai/content/File/raxatokuwomuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cengilli.com/icerik_images/file/46200788586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yourtruck.be/upload/ckeditor/file/19219962845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://solarconsulting.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d2cc4276007d2670cae5665b99d4e5f/xawilozelozezujiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stark-tools.ru/images/uploaded/mudonax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alarisusallc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/22f380541bbeb3b5d2ba0b4d36c4f5f6/44672660660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sainteuphrasia.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mapeweletuboni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.spreefahrten-berlin.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05ev5vtv2tlvkub7u0v51arhcn/nupamujonusugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sdds.be/userfiles/file/68595523606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://congtydaihai.com/upload/files/8723996177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lesrimaudieres.com/images/uploads/file/wojijobiwujob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kup-vino.cz/web/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63207375832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marljivo.hr/userfiles/file/gosuzavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saftanton.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bebfc457c86---gojogotajefowoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thietbiotoviet.com/Images_upload/files/vuxekekuzaxowutijazowifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kahounova.cz/userfiles/file/28248781926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smit-electronic.hr/upload/datoteke/26171979094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ebonit.light.bg/includes/libs/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dozuvugekepokakagoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noble-worldwide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f01d4eeb87eab732f1a3de97e844d987/40549502962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kngroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0b3328b6b7---susidiwekenukep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=a1+speaking+questions+pdfPDF 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_off0000c42e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC42E 17400 bytes
SHA-256: 9616998eb776af73eea6f0d0b990a8feb3605b3c51feef315ddc5408eb3d6d1d
font_01_sfnt_off0000f16c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF16C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010983.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10983 10900 bytes
SHA-256: 6bbafe263823c16f7ec3da8df0689d2eda0b1c136d614b6ce03000351eb23e84