Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c41c977b9c663687…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.6 KB Created: 2021-08-24 11:59:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-02
MD5: 9cf1c42aafc8f63799e067ae56090a90 SHA-1: e8a4eb8462e0f5286c2f0cb32bc141333cff77be SHA-256: c41c977b9c663687f454644c8ee41b1d7e51d5552cd81a961a90ca6699183b62
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains an embedded JavaScript stream and presents a link farm pointing to various disposable hosting sites, likely intended to trick users into downloading further malicious payloads. The URLs extracted suggest a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 https://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=russ+it%27s+all+in+your+head+pdf+free+download PDF link annotation
    • https://naveenent.com/administrator/imagetemp/file/xovapadegegafibisaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedbusiness.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e78528e5bc2837299a6dfc9081c9626/24655512899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://averon.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d84fb64a05b---notijonut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hourinkan.net/js/upload/files/razulejudugumavagisogok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fietenhaardenenkachels.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160762e1fd3d95---95752102872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gediklimakinahidrolik.com/resimler/files/wodezapod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.histoiresdegroupes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b2074632cd---40398879809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fuga-hotel.com/CKEdit/upload/files/41737771890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.magicapro.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611d4698ac2eb---totogatatuvubifozojako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andeanskyline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086b85e5d3f6---lupenesepivubikuvokesuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.asejnrtigers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083eb57f07b8---bedabezixixogatajoduk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prawobrzeze.info/userfiles/file/pejelem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bmsorganica.com/userfiles/file/jemulanuloxizerexeridefim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dailyhondaotomientay.com/upload/files/69986545880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mitcostruttori.it/userfiles/files/bugaxobabolimof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tuabogadoangel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f8f96fa3ec26a21898ab8c7e30c77e32/44217853640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--tnqz8hz5cb8l.com/upload/files/xejiwur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leise.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nagadakitiwoguwabojub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eaas-journal.org/survey/userfiles/files/jureziledez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chefinhogourmet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f18dd32040edc37e19fa055a2b2c06ef/78110791539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duda-tech.pl/dudatech/upload/file/jawarekefoboxudul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rec39.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5b6bf0e47cdb852d77ee42d70d85179a/24989703490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fmpride.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/47585aa5a01cb3e724e13f32f9dc027d/16119576494.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_off0000dff1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFF1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f808.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF808 10976 bytes
SHA-256: a4cdd35030edec80f892ba75f5a0b7749d55220504c2a906c4c1d863406b17a2
font_02_sfnt_off0001118d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1118D 16568 bytes
SHA-256: 8bc8c44cb10be8d0fd1e4697d96bdfeab4ca5ab09caa01dc810e9f5154bab5f3