Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 42784fcba1309697…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.6 KB Created: 2021-08-08 09:30:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 2f45e791ef1ea6ac45fe8f2578a9444f SHA-1: daf05768965e05694eff37c308b4c0876a0f241f SHA-256: 42784fcba13096973d21c6d2689778e970e4e028c25a7b66ec2c6a81acfbd84c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised CMS uploads, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of embedded JavaScript (T1059.007) is a common technique for initiating malicious redirects or downloads within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://pinotcar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/04020338b369bd16b54be80bbe753700/8247750316.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://youkuvpn.com/upload/files/geposelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ampletrekking.com/userfiles/file/68152016900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cocochan.com.pk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b55856f83aa5c99a357fec5629eefa33/95963503834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pazarziraat.com/userfiles/file/32188173671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qamarapps.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1289c474ec---wiresikelininujulevebolup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoteldazegliotorino.com/userfiles/files/xeregaduti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingspec.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j05on5ot7vbbi2aim61lf8ho96/94868524366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scoutpate.com/userfiles/file/43804862305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joebalogh.ro/imagini_ws/67721108793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jjcfurnituremaker.com/userfiles/files/44917537276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gametimecatering.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d0d3d9f6dc---18648479566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.travelknowhowscotland.co.uk/assets/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31689082062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lavishlook.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f55a4aeca8f92ac6034ef15ef1dfbcb/suwaxubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gernano.eu/gfx/userfiles/files/64736560266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saludocupacionalpso.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bd7a84f1fe---dalutenizixekiwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://easthighclassof1962.com/clients/2/24/240b89ecbeded73b1ae3fdc7544f4fd7/File/63681710191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hayatteknoloji.com/webimage/file/torojadizubovefikowale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.histoiresdegroupes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dac4252efbc---jevejuredow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shared401k.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e74f0e84c137e51d26080088decd221/niwazazibowegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.valathors.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52018845952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/86254691057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ed-web.cz/userfilesfile/lotigezijuterewexef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3handseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b72a3911a26---29988672168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paintingservicesonline.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1e8f6504d5---fuligozafalor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=sigma+aldrich+catalogue+2020+pdfPDF 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_off0000f4b5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4B5 18628 bytes
SHA-256: 2435e4b87a8f4a12336ce1ca37235fea6d691acc1c6f2e4834b692751887e716
font_01_sfnt_off00012659.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12659 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013e70.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E70 11212 bytes
SHA-256: bc22bae71910de3e53574bd28203256f69b731a235cb14c67d33eb7394fb5172