Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 42364a4ab01ebcd9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.0 KB Created: 2021-09-15 00:24:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 0151b46fb122b33800af976456b80a9b SHA-1: 2d2628fca4f3aa77a5b44af652479f448cec8c1e SHA-256: 42364a4ab01ebcd9e6abc22471ac9f62564c98e51f3a89c75f99000a8e4cc92e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the URLs and the heuristic firings point towards a malicious PDF designed to lure users to external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=hotspot+shield+basic+premium+apk
    • https://debo-fit.be/userfiles/file///30341255.pdf
    • http://lblussana.it/images/file/fekinuxugekopafuv.pdf
    • http://gestioniarmatoriali.it/72441861064.pdf
    • http://bobmeetin.com/media/galleries/files/2350207033.pdf
    • http://lasermedia.cn/userfiles/file/dawajinumedasapobunida.pdf
    • http://cohn-vossen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161410e7a56c42---51031786279.pdf
    • http://sanitaerprofi.ch/fckeditor/editor/images/file/966359991.pdf
    • http://www.valathors.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zatobof.pdf
    • http://dush-kz.ru/uploads/fck/file/55975697853.pdf
    • https://ajur.rest/uploads/userfiles/file/91625627864.pdf
    • http://inewbus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5qpqaak2r3qpgnl81jobvd49p3/71607649384.pdf
    • http://cavusofis.com/images_upload/files/turazegopevikesi.pdf
    • https://www.ogblfrontaliers.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d9nrlf9b6r0bvelh34tkkdpvpc/kuzotelosozatinasoxogaj.pdf
    • https://abss.pt/userfiles/file/79952773455.pdf
    • http://gorisum.net/fckeditor/upload_file/file/20618904638.pdf
    • http://kientrucnhacuagio.com/upload/files/85252508082.pdf
    • https://binhruamuinanobac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/62h23ami37ue5mobktcbuurpao/xijetu.pdf
    • http://akicgiyim.com/userfiles/file/30678442424.pdf
    • https://poganyvolgyi.hu/userfiles/file/bibugamaxowidazopewobemo.pdf
    • https://rebates.forex/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dept54sfagq9asotiv6tgncc73/35887975909.pdf
    • http://balashixa.inhome360.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37477561942.pdf
    • http://imssp.by/data/images/fxeditor/file/80644902659.pdf
    • http://sitoad.com/bbqjoekey/files/202109110014381722.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_off0000dc56.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC56 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f46d.bin
d0c0a623f785cf372cccd38cd3266dbf6a9cc6f38993379da8d56a60acb66d20
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF46D 10996 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010dbf.bin
ac9482a3e835dd9b90d058e440e939b284ceffd048755f255ea0ea4ad4329003
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DBF 20280 bytes