Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b41ceb8657b9c659…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.3 KB Created: 2021-09-04 14:59:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 4af4cfe06a409ac43b652b55c9a025a4 SHA-1: 5a3cf77867df70c604341f01b89c2dff7021c831 SHA-256: b41ceb8657b9c659d16c7add625d215f1d3c549ed7e191058d637a2471862e22
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit vulnerabilities or redirect users to malicious sites. The high number of external URIs, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, strongly indicates a phishing or malicious redirection campaign. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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 http://www.stallionreadymix.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a4cff88b9b---35099469468.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://czdashan.cn/uploadfile/file/2021071707334873499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extreamtuning.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d32a9818d3---87728641087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://revapackers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uit1n3jugfqbvu5k785flhkh5e/xupozaxop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuli-china.ru/d/files/noduni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sblending.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160750311b88b6---36982182198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://waukeganeast1980.com/clients/877304/File/32365820826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hollyskauaicondo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077f59598f0b---xawati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epoxidice.ro/mm/file/xalebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acecaalcoy.com/userfiles/file/nasosesafetava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realimpacto.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd8ac60e5f9---fuzefeforabopafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cafesezony.ru/fck_editor_files/files/wozugewapumutojiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modnyi-buket.ru/uploads/files/72641374096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://westcoastmovers.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0cnb1naffprken3mmnd4i0b4ik/nawujeloromoloxoxoraxur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tdjl.com/uploadfile/file///2021081008440919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apoiotelecom.com/imagens/img_fckeditor/file/61622346104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majorisinvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161093c820bea4---vikowudevevur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuttydog.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sebelugufuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.christinemartin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b93fb8c3d72---wotewijajasudujifesaxeze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vudafrique.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/54f2ab192e79623f258a4dcd5536d529/koxab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scuderia512.com/js/upload/files/tuzasurunoxogamozasozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carthink.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609439acbe32b---romototezepidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cargo3030.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160736f33086ad---14893196537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=simplifying+radical+expressions+worksheet+algebra+1PDF 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_off0000c8a3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC8A3 17912 bytes
SHA-256: 2214e5054ae81ffa0723b0c5903ec13c74bc927dff51415eba4badd845449ab4
font_01_sfnt_off0000f789.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF789 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010fa0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10FA0 11728 bytes
SHA-256: fe2a7f07b7661e6bd20bf565a26b39ba5835b7bd6103b87b7cbef155635ae53a