Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9e41612b730c35d0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.2 KB Created: 2021-07-31 01:04:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 603dd2a4fc35a542500fe0911b254dec SHA-1: cd1d4d125b3ce944818ead68b6066e7a7db12b1e SHA-256: 9e41612b730c35d05dfa044e6e16712552bfa6c7997ce051ae8c8e10d1c005ed
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs that point to various domains, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a pattern of creating link farms on potentially untrusted hosting. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports a malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing pages or download further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=ejercicios+de+razonamiento+matematico+para+ni%C3%B1os+con+respuestas PDF link annotation
    • https://aquaticlandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b38b8482256---fenidemuviwexowuvukekigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cargotavio.ru/files/file/87031861493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://domplus.su/userfiles/files/kujaxasujozotido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nandomoraes.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbf10599758---58406024407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webhostmurah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c92e7e4d36d---48490007501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thejasmineway.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/roaq01tiaipk6v7qlpsubtquec/25639177503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abapaposentados.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dc852f01643---zenonikifalojin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cityhighclassof77.com/clients/9/9e/9ea685038b5a197d2022a69b8c6b162a/File/27144130208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erbilsunhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ak6s6q6msfhvt5l1iccneunfa6/sefonokidupowijafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alyosserspneed.com/userfiles/files/gugosobiminebavutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nisahanpin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/54428708417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schouteninterieurwerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160caf46122a3f---vivono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://movesforfree.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/el4vvbj7vtdprlib84duull2s2/34639391355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musorcentrum.hu/files/article/file/ropejakokovef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yaqeen-eg.com/userfiles/file/33432092783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/368rpbrtj8sg86g4hid53vjkv1/67955829025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b887818e644d6964fab33a467bc649b2/wovomozegozewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bokseinstituttet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a65c052c9c6---81597041239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/97766899998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cameralehiep.com/hinhanh_fckeditor/file/gisepetojezadodisava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apexnepaltravel.com/userfiles/file/lobasab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ediliziaindustriale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160921a81257f8---zuxazesolusagotituteg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://t4g.nasscomfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g90msjba05fssrgkksj21ferq3/sasonuvorumel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankreich-ferien.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cd24cca82e---kifovegudebozumezelizobog.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_off0000f410.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF410 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010c22.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C22 18280 bytes
SHA-256: 5b2a10a6adfac2d68a73d23abee348b36a27f883c59e857dfe329c93af1b3573
font_02_sfnt_off00013a8e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A8E 11108 bytes
SHA-256: 2e2ee98fbf2c2c0d71f5be6e9adc88e94131de185eb788808b01168ec104a565