Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e41937ec02084ccc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.4 KB Created: 2021-07-08 20:46:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 41c110081d46f0b36514586e74fd2219 SHA-1: ebe3019df1a946ae684613af01eb287803f347bb SHA-256: e41937ec02084ccc4ee5e480ff373f53eab544ab52fef582e8e3c236afac484a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to potentially malicious sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of a 'download button' lure reinforces the malicious nature of the document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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.
  • 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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=wow+pvp+rank+icons PDF link annotation
    • http://fdscience.com/UPFILE/userfiles/files/fifigujuvut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bluetact.com/locktactyuma/userfiles/file/jaboginadegizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inspirationallabels.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f15bd097a3---lawokamukadowopimadase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://israel-aliya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b87c192a200b504cfdd232bf5cfb3af3/26066540873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wlao.on.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c88ef4d4dfa00a5e8b88bfa2f1b312a/duliw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ocvirapuato.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f4b8960e8b284c1ea7a17368b254d957/47102820944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schouteninterieurwerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609def530228e---wolasemakomefefazigud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monarchwinemerchants.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c760f18c4e2d9c506bb8613d2b8d8ed2/65906502574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkorphotographyguide.com/userfiles/file/pezikene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xz-brand.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34025973528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://postelezmasivu-zlin.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mugut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kickcommerce.com/userfiles/file/69378870777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skyzoan.com/cake/beta/userfiles/file/11154335926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daedukgs.com/admin/fckeditor/data/file/20210601070239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nicenpos.com/userData/board/file/sitemefubagukawosepaxigow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terezmisszio.eu/files/file/50235248623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventadeterrenosurbanos.com/userfiles/file/duvojal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lacecinella.com/writable/public/userfiles/file/78422370923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constructionone.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073d6ecb5950---bejuxagumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://php-lounge.de/userfiles/file/17312018880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://htfcompact.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e9211467ec74c159c8162159e87a0ce6/95074839412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://infoenergie-loire.org/userfiles/file/mixasaxozetuduros.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ficsllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ed4fp1hqespjsc74c91idk95rj/22832545889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humanistbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/977ljuqgiefhojc4ogfclgb4fj/vowejobenivakug.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_off0000ce30.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE30 10328 bytes
SHA-256: f4242d852c2dbc9b0faf0fc9864a3c49f8d9a61c5dfaf09e4d7484d7a700bc6f
font_01_sfnt_off0000e5a5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5A5 17732 bytes
SHA-256: d42fc6f0f575250488618f4bcbf937245f1f28842cf3906b89367906969d59d7
font_02_sfnt_off0001145e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1145E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1