Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 41fd5dd4530ba79e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.5 KB Created: 2021-06-26 00:26:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 69f67e4275eee3824694f9ebb4df82ca SHA-1: b68f2324c6c1c4379e7ef6e47980f5f86ea2f1b4 SHA-256: 41fd5dd4530ba79e447f5d00e23d91abaed6005f29c70beef370a71612ee1d6a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as a malicious PDF by multiple heuristics and ClamAV, indicating it's likely a phishing or malware distribution lure. The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of external links and the 'link farm' heuristics strongly suggest an intent to lead users to phishing sites or download further malicious payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9819

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=i+just+want+to+say+i+love+you+more+than+anything PDF link annotation
    • https://www.ferienhof-schneider.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074254236440---bukebufofakaxizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balance-global.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/enj110jbusdb04c04daffctuad/lazexigebekonavowudofeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banhangcongnghe.com/upload/FCK/file/47745614164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yoko-ono.be/images/userfiles/file/piviribu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://locoffice.ru/userfiles/file/16537331279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dolphinrfid.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcfe1112732---bawinizibavififa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.infranetltd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e8d0a0ba06---19263439120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://argentinaproduct.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53348870091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irmascaritasdejesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087884b463cc---72904690563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tonitomov.com/picture/file/50679050318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dangkyidol.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dvqgcug1253vfteb5h8mi04dns/93508105897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankcapassoandsons.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609435b6e73d2---pukakavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tkpmission.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080647048ae1---77776368635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heykidsletscook.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/98f5c43645c72c039c250b2b79118902/37537293283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightupalife.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079485a6d109---49912725170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc911847822---gezaxavused.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fortlauderdalelimorental.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2921487887---64444500292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.inkfactory.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160749dbeb44ec---9243751065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuboni.com/uploadfile/hong202106192209584124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.litesourcenc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cdf6d769774864ef90b71d94294de8d9/jetizipebufopave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungarianassociation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077e09f9dac7---nenob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blackshirts1962.com/clients/f/f2/f245580d3072b78cda2271cf7a7e3f61/File/nawodejab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eliteswimmingpoolsinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qiv60otoitd1aecari1tunb0j6/xagovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ankaratemizlikcim.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/82598386635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aradovan.com/userfiles/file/53905536001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sakkestadbil.no/userfiles/file/rufalesevixonogozarotado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yuktiedu.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d0a7fbf62e5ae7b36c184dfc2515c7ed/mekoxora.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_off0000f12e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF12E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010945.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10945 11004 bytes
SHA-256: c5320caf2ba835c9db12907664926fe02c87bcd036ad644ab927212ba3fecbdf
font_02_sfnt_off000122aa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122AA 16956 bytes
SHA-256: 6f257d06b2420099e62caffc8b6cf57a04232b239aa56bc277a22dcb141dbcaa