Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 042b84c4cd83ef06…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.4 KB Created: 2021-09-08 20:16:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: a94761656e7b82b7fd1d54e73aab9b19 SHA-1: 81ff51055ebc8d310f066fd28c2fd362e718c0c0 SHA-256: 042b84c4cd83ef06b7e4ced70f38f155fd0d5148814d463f1d38ba3117fd92fa
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to potentially compromised or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to malicious sites, contributing to a phishing or malware distribution attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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 https://processwork.archerhuang.com/ConImg/files/rubokifa.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://kapefashion.com/files/files/ginivonutidawivesibezuset.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daglichtfilters.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32742285650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plnjl.com/userfiles/files/66362191243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mountmedpharmacy.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613280bf8ff85---78261860379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abcgsgeds.friendship-match.com/upload/files/43456299357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thaifilmind.com/UserFiles/file/lesizasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baharev76.ru/userfiles/file/39292141595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marwaservicecenter.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/jenisinexufuzofamex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moniimpex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132fff49c92a---92122392955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://azinsaghf.com/cache/fck_files/file/62334208684.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vivaibonomo.it/userfiles/files/latezofosiwupami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131f70ca6d20---35696782185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evola.it/userfiles/files/4790921685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lotusromeo.fr/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/22027093633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipsib.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f986237cad9c40dcabb021a53d5e413a/91550568334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jacenter.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jowebunufunepavanolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankcapassoandsons.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161301811426de---17029152010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fd.ntou.edu.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wofodasesumukusaxir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilsogno-bomboniere.com/userfiles/files/fupuzedogibaxurar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.novet.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131beedea452---dazabel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.avenueroadadvertising.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161379e867dcdc---38519975112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=tooth+fairy+notes+pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://alessandrotria.altervista.org/areap/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72766119740.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_off0000ee5a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE5A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010671.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10671 10628 bytes
SHA-256: f237763f135678f96c2e760b128f3f8fa005b9db741c52dcfe38731c40a790e7
font_02_sfnt_off00011ec0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11EC0 17300 bytes
SHA-256: 876fdbb60d9e761fdc2e189ad44f81af9195ccc77d0f3c82e7619318e54d722e