Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 42111e1e44625f6a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.0 KB Created: 2021-08-21 09:17:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: ce4ca12baa3936db382bd0033f68d49d SHA-1: f8185c74c1a6a4908bcf8b63c04648a2ad8b29c8 SHA-256: 42111e1e44625f6a9649392bebe1a5411dd90f52fea2ed47d5078a5bd18088ec
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, indicative of a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links are consistent with techniques used to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=calcula+la+masa+molar+del+amoniaco%28nh3%29
    • http://greenearthgardens.org/userfiles/reduxukoxafigow.pdf
    • http://tomaszskiba.com/userfiles/file/bebariterijosopi.pdf
    • https://www.spoton.pet/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8g6o2ih2d7eslgupajb0vle25t/wafolefugopagojatupuxe.pdf
    • http://kraljicabih.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0fffd4992d---25183398744.pdf
    • https://annjulieskarpmo.com/userfiles/file/sezaga.pdf
    • http://hurtglass.pl/upload/file/kibubasewepipapunopoko.pdf
    • https://mayxaydungthienlong.com/uploads/files/files/17250118590.pdf
    • https://nexusmediation.nl/files/pofejafes.pdf
    • http://alvasari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad4d4fc49fe---pasiwetawaja.pdf
    • http://dailitara.lt/bites/uploads/file/satotelulobururuxobi.pdf
    • https://avantkart.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/86fdeeru05vnh4pvslr07rhd8j/kukewizopelovut.pdf
    • https://deltarents.com/upload/ckfinder/files/pekuxilef.pdf
    • https://www.wflorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a11af661cd90255d11b6c4d995c9405d/tadexatokinijemazomew.pdf
    • https://siriusdynamics.com/assets/uploads/files/51877021446.pdf
    • https://www.displaysdirectaustralia.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tisazezorafuzifejimiduw.pdf
    • http://shannonlakeestates.org/fck_images/file/86212712236.pdf
    • https://senhewood.com/d/files/84749353994.pdf
    • https://miamivanservice.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fd4b1738ac---43748312816.pdf
    • https://apparel.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c0e4464d58754b9761b8eec70157c7d8/zabakodoreninuj.pdf
    • https://residenciasanamaro.es/userfiles/files/13842195099.pdf
    • http://vinacafe-dalat.com/Images_upload/files/53128842576.pdf
    • http://bean2beenefamilytree.com/clients/60578/File/29196918129.pdf
    • https://postscriptproductions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ee4db8a594---kamavovax.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ee59.bin
2d966bc2fa88838284de8c92620dbd7f74db59bd377246c0851eaf665e132cd2
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE59 21076 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001226a.bin
b763582897b247a7ee737b06511b0483af9a8dff6710e2fafb2436cec5e4888a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1226A 10996 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013bdd.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13BDD 16792 bytes