Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b41d03338b6c4a92…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.7 KB Created: 2021-06-29 08:56:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 7bb896ce002abb7c6d93fb594b51c35b SHA-1: 85d135b8262dd72091909f0cfad8c693cf2e1964 SHA-256: b41d03338b6c4a92452e0f43321db97e28ae00f1dfc324540bbf5baedbb39f92
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous URLs pointing to compromised websites and disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics indicate that the document is designed to redirect users to external malicious sites, likely for phishing or to download further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure and heuristic firings strongly suggest a malicious intent.

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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+long+did+it+take+to+ovulate+after+d%26c
    • https://www.spoton.pet/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ru1isj1etp3v9iflki2b3upupd/kazolefokuvo.pdf
    • http://pericosrentcar.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d868b00a92---lodimenele.pdf
    • http://studioarchperissinotto.eu/userfiles/files/70268107989.pdf
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ce111269eb38ac71405983bb5d54101/93014484117.pdf
    • http://wypelnienia.kratex.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c855c68e0821a7a2ae13d63147d84a34/vupidup.pdf
    • https://idfusionllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a6c4182023b4393e5424480ba3312112/21701205789.pdf
    • http://hyundai-dongdo.vn/images/files/mudesiza.pdf
    • https://ntiverification.com/userfiles/file/83215626844.pdf
    • http://www.opencalgary.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ace941b776---6603528687.pdf
    • http://dribblebar.pl/userfiles/file/70908715606.pdf
    • http://scheiden-maassluis.nl/uploads//file/sososakejoranelorup.pdf
    • https://alphaveneers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/407458953bab585341453d2cc45dfe8f/25529943254.pdf
    • http://daiichilogistics.com/uploads/news_file/56765180063.pdf
    • https://nikken-engineer.jp/export/sd205/www/jp/r/e/gmoserver/8/6/sd0748886/nikken-engineer.jp/fckeditor/upload/file/16024830322.pdf
    • https://www.hadlowsecurityshutters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1f60ba113a14cbed11c4c26e525bffb8/disabizopovemuvajixa.pdf
    • http://www.hollyskauaicondo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160976df42302f---99530302401.pdf
    • https://ceral.pl/ceral/pliki/file/24608341714.pdf
    • http://nesthomes.in/userfiles/file/64945638320.pdf
    • https://arichaindia.com/userfiles/file/saxilurila.pdf
    • http://drwatsonsr.com/clients/2/2b/2b9a0cf27321ceab3a47fbd10bf94d34/File/69091536469.pdf
    • http://casier-a-bouteilles.com/file/60758278357.pdf
    • https://soechi.com/userfiles/file/68802834744.pdf
    • http://www.nanodrywash.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a256e4bfd4---lofakidafirutob.pdf
    • https://www.kunapak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qsrhv32ficuidh5oaot6c4s1q0/wuxezotesitijarawunid.pdf
    • http://amfmeg.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c36a88ba658---33465395043.pdf
    • 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_off0000ebd2.bin
17fa87eec4dd56b4f708f0423d99ea9585483d62be248113eb910d42de6915de
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBD2 17276 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011890.bin
2b382959da3bcad466917c7cf0aab9edff7055466f8ca75ce00cf76faec1fd47
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11890 10696 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013105.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13105 16792 bytes