Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 42418ea62c9f659f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.3 KB Created: 2021-09-18 07:55:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: a984eafc13e89f7129fa2fcbf0140ebd SHA-1: ef357bb1a2d24caa40b1cbedb0d9246c40276e80 SHA-256: 42418ea62c9f659fd954124a09279f158410acad79e68b5fb8e859b932225ec1
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution via a link farm. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://hometutorsdelhi.com/userfiles/files/vetisebemaweg.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://izmirtavla.com/upload/file/30710322949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newline-eg.com/userfiles/file/58842139468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoteam.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55588976282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kitpaisal.com/mypicture/file/93243253958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://raljob.com/userfiles/file/72424269938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brylka-kfz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139dc17e3895---88214381258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://backcountryplayground.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ef0c397a0e5732d668de1cfcbd179e5/kagew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laplacedesstores.com/upload/file/43169197602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karinameal.ru/imgdish/files/79469811333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://siciny.eu/userfiles/file/62345193907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://machi-tomo.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/siruguzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ojchamber.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91943745002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grgct.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/betepewelixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://najlepsietorty.sk/uploads/fck/file/19979917047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xahscw.com/userfiles/file/79310848178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mishelik.ru/userfiles/file/ligoromafawifana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenboo.vn/uploads/files/88765397812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://b7b.reviewz.eu/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/8901345522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iswii.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mavuxajitaduribato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.saltriot.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4fbd1d3c1d70b7d2c6c3120160cf4746/75424134844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jadever.vn/Images_upload/files/teburowumimiramawuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=vr+horror+games+androidPDF link annotation
    • http://s250801404.onlinehome.fr/img/uploaded/file/50314625629.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_off0000e0f4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE0F4 16732 bytes
SHA-256: 4a5db8a574de498a6d617d9ba2cf527eae7f1bb87d137e7e53f5d616249b06b0
font_01_sfnt_off00010c10.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C10 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012427.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12427 10520 bytes
SHA-256: 9f53c9ca80f7a03f212f3683d6dcd1ae4b6d2c3e5b87e07f6cba8f26a019f8a1