Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c41a83de2781e2ca…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.3 KB Created: 2021-09-07 17:52:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 4768c378cc849328ab28d6ec97c5ee2e SHA-1: 4dfa2331522ed5b12c9fb1678d8970ff969714d3 SHA-256: c41a83de2781e2ca107887a4735f2c3b5d3de236f84585cedf9ea337fbdb1055
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to numerous domains, many of which appear to be compromised or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to trick users into downloading a secondary payload. The presence of embedded URLs and the 'download button' heuristic further support this phishing and download lure.

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.
  • 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 http://sibinetweek.ru/userfiles/file/84912537157.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://zhansq.cn/upload/file/31781596915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://madmojo.com/fckupload/file/mupuwikirugiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fixafilm.se/userfiles/file/piduleruko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tropo-design.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zuzinosulidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geology.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613729d23615f---16665965150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fortlauderdale-carservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad6217aad9c---velatanodomodiliju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reversetheclocknow.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56898573910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://premiumvipbusiness.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ebaacd80d8585e1365893b221f4dff5/rovaxojivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://careersourceokaloosawalton.com/files/public/16600926246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elenasteele.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d3320572dc---wenuxedodegusibifuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jhannahs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16113f5284b197---ganorovizejazarubut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://businessvaluationapp.com//fck_files/file/55914375274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cfaac3d447779b9a17f816603fe0c1dd/42926191563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mko-yug.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5455fbaf6a20434575bd2e0648056001/dotapefeta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a365370ddab---32061171300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eccdc.org/application/webroot/userfiles/file/bunigibetijepikazifetagux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://creatinglifeoptions.com/userfiles/files/vofar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doggystylzgrooming.com/admin/photos/file/32487434584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sproname.com/files/userfiles/files/xivutifebezimavaxivuzela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bewegeninarnhem.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f20312118c---19935811148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hantverksakuten.se/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nidofokasadoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://1sis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8cb8ab309b---watexunedobunuzubadiboj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=wilden+p2+plastic+pump+manualPDF 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_off0000d0ba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD0BA 10668 bytes
SHA-256: c6168523982ad38fea0877d0e0926c292b0d0d64149734f39af4f7cbff8f8a02
font_01_sfnt_off0000e930.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE930 17920 bytes
SHA-256: 20bae57e1fa099ba0d6ce2814f04ff032714945639248106253ed3c068a85bd0
font_02_sfnt_off00011799.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11799 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1