Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 541829af435bcbab…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.2 KB Created: 2021-09-02 20:21:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 66e260e290d22348e42a32393a95337b SHA-1: c79be0abfe453c8f2df3d99694c8ae2790998edb SHA-256: 541829af435bcbabe62f896f804db0e8c3aff7cd258e41d59de18190c652f5db
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a large number of embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the structure suggests it's designed to lure users into clicking links that lead to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9914

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://polskieplytki.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a8a50c8c528ea3707754ac50896dbe7e/84116428564.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.tessilgiada.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8c055ed305---mobadar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trichynext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/65851427ca9f3627a4cb311f0c26a9e2/80923445786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://massvt.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/julilojilikapuwedexiluzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kochitaxirental.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vakoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vote4dannybarry.com/clients/2/2f/2f5d4f67c16906f9b09010289963de11/File/pufororuwovimusar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phillipsbrothersmill.com/clients/6/65/65192871cce8a6e36080a9ebd2808b02/File/92751624289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bhk-aindling.com/userfiles/files/20192073570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://khonggianmang.com/upload/files/81029969632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.anclupnapoli.it/userfiles/file/denidasobitedal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b46a62b56d2---rulupilujomofawuwetaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noble-worldwide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ffe57b91913de915bad58d1b4c586806/funipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fmworks.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8bmur5k5ajha35tbh3qrarivqc/gavuxiforirapubel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bilbox.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad5144b09fd08ef5bbd6a5cde44f368d/famupijudisozajikepesixet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lordoptika.hu/files/files/10992182550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://messianic.live/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c431d501b1dd5ba5ea251957c77e30b6/99884778818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recruiters-zone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9983b8a758---tabinosonadop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/milnl562l8enp8kedg9j49kai0/gujugijor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://na-nule.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ifmbv9b6j5ckuoautvqdocjgm6/25884111976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wavesmaroochydore.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bnv9u2jtafooppb0sfluu9nn50/busebetemewigabokeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tomekorea.com/userData/board/file/24872448682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radiopopiatej.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608371a027ad9---kivatikekawurenuvuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zpb-maciejewski.pl/upload/fck/file/zinomikuxegisutup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ewt.cz/res/file/68209113229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kassa-evotor.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ohjdvbtfo9mij56d70hiv57lsv/fepadipipamubaruxokukage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://study-go.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c8fe1e1157e31ca08c6ee199a83e1be6/mesuzasinabatonawar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=motivational+techniques+in+teaching+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_off0000bf30.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBF30 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d742.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD742 16392 bytes
SHA-256: c802f9be8467c3805b340c84f7af48dd2189cb28b0567f6d86da5d34c7e12f40
font_02_sfnt_off00010155.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10155 11104 bytes
SHA-256: f448568e8a761da817c3b9b9028d49f1cca30ed9184f2da0c78ba1669d86a632