Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e41c175c7a4f4ede…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.6 KB Created: 2021-09-03 01:12:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: cede6239545a65911b564cf0e23634e7 SHA-1: ff74afa292c1b248f9b60a016f09c5c0a3496c64 SHA-256: e41c175c7a4f4edefcbeb0074b77a3799994e3f530f765c45fb33097915aeb3b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised or disposable hosting domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The presence of multiple PDF_URI and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://sklepbonus.eu/userfiles/file/wikoturofebi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.radiopopiatej.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bf74c1e9b6---titulurojofiwepizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3asoft.vn/img/files/finabujuzawopij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xehowo24h.com/images/ckeditor/files/vezafemora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wbbray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084caea09529---45769806857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jordanadams.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26723660726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.festivalmarrakech.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607af7ee874bf---20527066393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haysalon.com/public_html/userfiles/file/worositalabufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pfollowers.com/ci/userfiles/files/duvulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iideree.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6da586b950---guxelotizazotibugibapaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmdschoolandcollege.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/758374cec1d4c045596a949de4e04ba0/dixudajerejem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.golddustdental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16129d72565b53---wepuwupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lenoir-elec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8gh2gl2ef88pivh0h0q2vl2vvu/62455457826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gorillatheory.com/admin/upload/file/57938881036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhengfutz.com/v15/Upload/file/20217292135121569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pkynfe.net/userfiles/file/367189812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bridalchapel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba12a78d91f---75326806095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lightingsolutionsinc.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e4229426e4c88eab5bdc4e716e0f8663/vokujejobitideserijumusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wilsonbarrera.com/inicio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087300575625---tokaxorutufuxavimabowipum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagiez.com/userfiles/file/negepituragaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aterhesseg.com/up_image/file/6843549347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161160b328da08---32948197497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hed-endo.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfd7acaa2c2---97090596788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kozhikodedeaf.org/admin/my_files/file/2822025330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zoop-tech.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76367229291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=we+are+going+on+a+bear+hunt+worksheetPDF 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_off0000d3fe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD3FE 17160 bytes
SHA-256: 0e50ec9f74402ae625275f1304a2e125ff7fc75c786f6aa4d570a2876982ce65
font_01_sfnt_off0001000e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1000E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011825.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11825 10752 bytes
SHA-256: 6a78aa44d4cc7510399cfd1e6b251a3547c81634a83e0fead8c91d2e62c4b8d0