Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 41fb13134035b088…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.6 KB Created: 2021-08-03 17:36:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: ca51020a33da8e2acb25dda6f8b43e63 SHA-1: e62a89a3b6a1c1ef76de0565b0080f7a00ae94a4 SHA-256: 41fb13134035b0887d968e1ed1f948d80d78b6613f12732f577515131f31dccd
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious URLs, which are designed to host phishing content or further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=exercices+les+mots+invariables+cm2 PDF link annotation
    • https://expungemyrecordnj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0b6247950a---9792778127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cezartravel.hu/userfiles/file/pokatixijozegupibivuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://estidevelopers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/62004cfdd80f99a1baaf9e9f8cfdfa2a/kasululed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qqhanoman.com/contents//files/64465894243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://byty-pardubice.eu/UserFiles/File/fokiva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leads-bd.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13936948702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xuantruongtech.com/images/ckeditor/files/53443071874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psychotherapie-dr-albrecht.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ca3261843c7---90609857765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regenerativetherapyforpain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a5957a41f8b15098549a6c9d44e2ddc/40544981886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://contentworks.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d273d65a65---54020762521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeugdopdewetenschapsagenda.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d1df2abc8f---xafepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elpmarketing.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aaa5e105e9cec578e5f8e2e07cb80708/21193252424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bechtoldpaving.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0079980be886df1a62dbab868d31614a/65151602726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://southernlightingsource.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cb8006d843569a2520f520ba016e3618/25618915291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedcheckcashadvance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae0f07b9862---9480237525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gpuhub.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/68dv3mvav7n2ep31v5v4mcus12/41810635444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagliodeimille.it/userfiles/files/29588857613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://graciaindoutama.com/kingkong/userfiles/files/48230896889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allycatering.com/userfiles/koxevebitenifalado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chortho.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jt7ef9ie6pqs3oetgv3uk9bep6/dazarafinener.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drukarnia-skawina.pl/app/webroot/media/files/53068782326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://englandmatchshirts.com/assets/file/laxexadof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aplusadvance.com/naver_editor/data/file/wupogofavuzuxabof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000e248.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE248 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fa5f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA5F 10804 bytes
SHA-256: 8c6280a52fc5018c59b69f0b3164db53f0ec125c6b56936bdf3b3f25feabbd7d
font_02_sfnt_off0001135a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1135A 18892 bytes
SHA-256: ba662e8e4940f18d44d9b305db001208f0f14c3b2085dbbd4942bbb9cdba2ccc