Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d41a4941252a07ff…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.4 KB Created: 2021-09-07 12:01:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: c44d2c33e4d5a30cb6ad5b6e62de036b SHA-1: ed5d75dc53142b15afd979fb4a17fbe053defdae SHA-256: d41a4941252a07ffcf7edf21712e1e7a83f358d5e159b5cd1888f50159cb8cbd
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to various compromised websites and potentially disposable hosting, disguised with search-engine-optimized terms. The presence of external URIs and a 'download button' lure suggests an attempt to trick users into downloading further malicious content, likely through a phishing or social engineering tactic.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 https://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=mht+cet+biology+question+papers+pdf+download PDF link annotation
    • http://yer-krasnodar.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/disad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dohertylaw.net/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/sonel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sipzip.com/userfiles/file/84782217927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eurogeographyjournal.eu/admin/fckfiles/file/51988742008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuseigachi.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa90149677f---gopivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://semihkerpiccilervesupersound.com/upload/file/vitomidoziz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoradiator.mn/uploads/ckfinder/files/tutewiwatetimewosudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akproauto.net/nbloom/fckuploads/file/wemaxabixulorunotigiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://almondzwealth.com/administrator/imagetemp/file/tesutewujunodexigedag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sola-brothers.com/userfiles/file/wemowamogune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sbawerribee.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161141270956ba---56691070033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccspevents.com/clients/24998/File/51612611875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://copperscraphandlers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86111240675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://voijin.com/userfiles/files/88663238957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lasanisports.com/files/poxadonosezaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tryinvest.eu/userfiles/files/89954464483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marjojaspers.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kagorijademebolebavawiru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mchs67.com/clients/6/60/601da637195afcc8544498be66ee72b0/File/kidakasubawumirutoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hartwellcook.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2009696beba532bf63b8bf3f5c7938f9/sewuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robertmatzuzi-massagetherapist.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088e3325a22a---64572620231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lolakarimova.uz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8543177587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moffatcountyhighschool65.com/clients/878592/File/ragusazibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aiswaryamatrimonials.com/fck_uploads/file/35071240643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mtprospectbaptist.org/clients/7/74/74f10a8404da00fab064704771972c19/File/55437065736.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_off0000e01d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE01D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f834.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF834 11476 bytes
SHA-256: 3d15def3235443294ebff010a1cb3feddda469b57b58bb7b1f4a9821f057f2bc
font_02_sfnt_off000112a0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112A0 18632 bytes
SHA-256: a0d1b3e7e4ee881fee7b28312f6a3414a99083a0b101211500304a7f8da50f13