Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c41ea3445975891b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.2 KB Created: 2021-08-21 20:59:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 6e5f8d221c8d593ebe6264603108ae1e SHA-1: 2689480efb599190fc7e191e2ca3d91acd1890be SHA-256: c41ea3445975891b734c94fad595f4dae1db288b05f319e3a6843a6b984ab86e
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to trick users into downloading a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9995

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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 http://valeneighbors.com/userimages/19208949759.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://banghetretunhien.com/media/ftp/file/xolevaboxes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://youandisagenix.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fefipapozuturoluferizufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://labsshop.com/d/files/73105310824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haidangpc.com/contents/files/dabepuwireli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/309140ddd2fd85f0bddcc6da0458f9af/nufuweko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesorgubernamental.com/images/file/xerebajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1mosref.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61183716741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bidmitt.com/img/files/file/4535927146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hnkingdee.cn/Files/file/2021619205254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aldara-latinoamerica.com/userfiles/file/tejusikigofurixutijokele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pmdrecycling.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161068e124621a---77678759320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608def3245881---xerudoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laser-arena.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078df52c8b31---ruxepamapozapudazalasuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sllight.ru/design/img/upload/file/15751968687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vienkiemis.lt/app/webroot/uploads/userfiles/files/sujux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vipavtoufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/df93184ba3485e7bbaf732f6a045d89d/84018128369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ebsjosepirosamaria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e905fb9df0d---66177815619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1ahhafccpgkb2bxo.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56eee7f6fdbdf4e1c6816791d9ccbbe7/serimig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nailseasupportgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a9dfcaef587bc2716deed52228de4e65/lodos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esejsc.com/upload/files/87072734523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=cracking+the+coding+interview+python+pdf+githubPDF 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_off0000bfc2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBFC2 11316 bytes
SHA-256: 3f450707d376d560536fed3cec514e2c7869647652a1e06dc9940fb1b2a2863f
font_01_sfnt_off0000d9ff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9FF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f211.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF211 15724 bytes
SHA-256: de019494f02f3c99c654149a520c6dc5d74c18ca992af762913a8e0931148fa7