Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 db41666d9c2480ec…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.1 KB Created: 2021-08-01 22:52:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-22
MD5: ac15a81ace809c4a02e591166bd88d9e SHA-1: dc283fe7a10e991484db2e7a0bfb15c78001dcfb SHA-256: db41666d9c2480ecd1c195e45704357a8a537c63bd55fafcd461d3add699ebb2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories. This suggests the document is part of a phishing or spam campaign, likely attempting to redirect users to malicious sites or download further malware. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9989

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.
  • 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 http://khaskhaan.mn/uploads/userfiles/files/kipimik.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://f1com.ge/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/610dba01ed086273e5ce7e32e8fe128a/wogulif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phamtrangia.com/upload/files/88144823280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laxycoffee.com/upload/files/rejefusaforotisewuxixexen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreagarciam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073208ca4b7b---tejofeka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kocavietnam.com/upload/files/bitopuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baohanhranghm.com/upload/img/files/94225005677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://terravistahometeam.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/942d42183c0bb6972870ca46711a34b7/wemibonutusajujuruxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rrr71.ru/upload_picture/35072614289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chocoenglish.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/tilukifupuvusotuvutulavow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amiablediamonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6af3a23472e43b7bdeb83860e48474ea/71178447499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eventologia.com/userfiles/files/4067573761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cfacgroupe.com/uploads/FCK_files/file/wetuxas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doitsolutions.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0bf69cde6bedb38d27ad81e7c1493f7a/51788214480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webdulich.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fuxudimajukixopibeveraf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mikepromedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a6b4f2566683ef328c50cf2d46e2e04f/lovarilafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d8f77c615b0---gonejikowisetapulimot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawcab.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b411352b223---64581480386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2girlstrippin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2b5ee71f3f---xezovurixafesotukevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kzlo.pl/fotki/fotki/file/31133115791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uat.ideadunes.com/projects/ideadunes-portfolio-site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608316eb9c07b---89215456902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gsccn.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fe3ba26a3c---88452736211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cor.org.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cf7pv3v4iou0vsq99ebs2pktpn/36279416158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://go-trec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3u2tr9junlqf8ms5apepdgtott/xiworafugigonevosoxajelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://venturahigh1967.com/clients/40640/File/98543455233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=certificado+de+antecedentes+penales+colombia+pdfPDF 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_off00010ad8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AD8 18620 bytes
SHA-256: 8c3198b265ab9e1435b117656a72f5b047a134c83ddebfd05e83d525b31d39fb
font_01_sfnt_off00013acc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13ACC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000152e3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x152E3 10952 bytes
SHA-256: f0afa64627a47b56fbc1d0a38fefcead601782732c80748c2bb21d000cdf9592