Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a41243e151d65bce…

MALICIOUS

PDF

119.1 KB Created: 2021-09-20 12:25:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 20ab5cb02c27c483dfca9ca4a0a3bd2d SHA-1: 5836b75fdabfdba1e5a757440bc56c25f2ce3b22 SHA-256: a41243e151d65bceb4aa98cc35f5cb7df262e307cf959521dd902e1cd76a3965
244 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.001 User Execution: Malicious Link

This PDF document impersonates Microsoft, a common tactic for credential phishing. It contains multiple links, including one pointing to a compromised WordPress upload, and is flagged by ML classifiers as malicious. The presence of a fake CAPTCHA lure suggests the user is intended to interact with the document, likely to download a second-stage payload or provide credentials.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9963

Heuristics 9

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Fake CAPTCHA / human verification prompt high SE_FAKE_CAPTCHA
    Document displays a fake CAPTCHA or human-verification prompt — used to trick users into running commands or pressing keyboard shortcuts
  • Brand-impersonation credential phishing lure high SE_BRAND_CREDENTIAL_PHISH
    Document impersonates a well-known consumer brand and uses account-security / verification language ('unusual activity', 'account on hold', 'verify your account') to steer the reader to a credential-harvesting link. Corroborated by: call-to-action link host does not match the impersonated brand: https://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=vanavil+avvaiyar+font+free+download+for+android.
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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=vanavil+avvaiyar+font+free+download+for+android PDF link annotation
    • https://tahitotfaluovodak.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xevelul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vivaldiroberto.com/img/files/mediafiles/file/70197466099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://youandisagenix.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/buvow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nacionalequipamentos.com/ckeditor/uploads/files/19790768043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svazekobciorlice.cz/userfiles/file/33025051179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://girilawfirm.com/content_files/files/fojezurixew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gtsonline.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ne3tj32j5qu4fg71of2upuu7g5/kerinofozagulix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arizonapoolcontractor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141efdaafd33---95357970252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paoladebenedetti.eu/userfiles/files/lotexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://makojudo.pl/zdjecia/fck/file/11432562969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://devison-matras.com/upload/file/25630931027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riph.pl/userfiles/file/30625582987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arredamenticucinesiciliane.it/userfiles/files/disejaleropebomota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nemeckystrakac.sk/editor_uploads/files/pikef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chambres-hotes-aube-bleue.fr/userfiles/file/delem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dakotaterritorydevelopment.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37290318749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dfanchem.com/upload/files/80494091582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noelex22.org/userfiles/file/zadezepaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://priscar.com/documents/files/28479006067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myphamasia.net/upload/files/14430597376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://infravoip.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5efb7bb542734b0c7571dc2dce290ea/patodoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ziepniekkalns.lv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137ec13ca28d---44185296694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coral-travel66.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81530791249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://osikovo.eu/webroot/img/content/files/kexogilanozupimewej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kielcenoca.pl/files/file/26585519228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klaaswester.nl/img/file/2937219399.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_off000163f7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x163F7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00017c0e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17C0E 10416 bytes
SHA-256: 66f1dc24945971e42876ce1fe77400891121b6846148b4b7fa46de83c9af2486
font_02_sfnt_off000193d2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x193D2 22272 bytes
SHA-256: 6b700083d05995c0c5204ac21890fde12c53b1c68ad837e0d1f6758afb25ae1d