Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b41ca139c7e7b267…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.6 KB Created: 2021-07-03 06:55:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 41413d07ee10d507a269d36b92826157 SHA-1: 8459413b7b7520ba8dd1be093a3bb9567f52aa1d SHA-256: b41ca139c7e7b26718e4f5a73609f843928f3f099147569333506aa56cb75d9d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. ClamAV and ML classifiers flagged this PDF as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. The presence of external URIs and link farms suggests an attempt to lure users to malicious sites, likely as part of a phishing campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://triptoboloyfoundation.org/editorsfiles/files/6974890823.pdf
    • http://mesotects.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160929ddd0d6a4---zuzulabuputot.pdf
    • http://hnc2.com/userfiles/file/87231424140.pdf
    • http://esthebel.de/userfiles/file/jalupaxilivib.pdf
    • https://coachtourbusrental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b921ebaf2f---pesuta.pdf
    • http://omonetach.pl/foto/ilustracje/file/popepojunineloke.pdf
    • http://gennarimaq.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb4a6f7cbd6---jekeda.pdf
    • http://creativeindustries.ru/uploads/userfiles/file/zivovakigetozoxofewe.pdf
    • https://local-atlas.ru/userfiles/files/piwadapenip.pdf
    • https://jclifeschools.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/25d3e0587d2542f6519e1aab4875af72/rosozabuturusexoko.pdf
    • https://qboardapp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/683ad6950774133a288daec900f01cec/91743850485.pdf
    • http://uniondeautoescuelas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf29eb82e8a---41055872473.pdf
    • https://topplene.com/upload/ckfinder_temp/files/20210628205938.pdf
    • http://vnationwide.com/userfiles/files/puludemupezowasaf.pdf
    • https://www.federatedlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ec97d494221db794b1cd261c66ff5dbe/babedelilipumudazawixubik.pdf
    • http://stkvn.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ab357ab0f70ad4ee302d95bd4ea12b5/jozopukapukilazutofijib.pdf
    • http://christopherspubandgrille.com/userfiles/files/67721357361.pdf
    • https://www.sabiamente.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080136d138e5---58679905031.pdf
    • http://hyosangjo.com/userfiles/file/20210612183854.pdf
    • https://singaporenotarypublic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ec2f45e3e21ed38bee6f191efe64936a/86302845892.pdf
    • https://medicinasolidale.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7b235561acf4ae720c00127ef1c210d4/jubiwotasopunavoziwemetes.pdf
    • https://webhostmurah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc5fe82112---831232261.pdf
    • http://jnafarms.com/clients/864068/File/14611076446.pdf
    • http://www.fsnn.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d0135ec7a68---wavovidu.pdf
    • https://siyata.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac5d79cc175---pidoxapesiserodireze.pdf
    • http://fd-health.com/upload/ckeditor/files/gotuxivakonawuxiguve.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=city+of+yellowknife+snow+removal
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f76d.bin
3c5e5e77ce7223d4159c882de2d5d070cdfd9b717266b48ac3e33a8579ac4522
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF76D 10764 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011053.bin
757191309ede79d177108fe6f82ea3f91ffc76b1b7bf54aba27ea4db28019bf4
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11053 17088 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013d1c.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13D1C 16792 bytes