Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 42a3073a0da949ac…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.8 KB Created: 2021-09-03 00:27:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 1c717978c5bb74905bca981ac1e7db96 SHA-1: b57eff9be9b876c061df2d18f24c802704d9eec7 SHA-256: 42a3073a0da949ac20c32a10c947845a8dbc8ff2d3d6295f7450218e2f86043c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to execute malicious code or redirect users. The PDF also functions as a link farm, pointing to multiple compromised or disposable hosting sites, indicating an attempt to obscure the final malicious destination. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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 http://am-assets.com/aom/magnolia/userfiles/file/23035988283.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://cbconsulting112.ca/userfiles/files/29070660088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lllk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5f192bbb4776f376894e8c43fae4f1e1/70563945524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://revapackers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cps164g7v8uqsf2cmogsku84pp/90698763693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alrafeef.com/faisaliya/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/totubodorug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drapa-technika.cz/UserFiles/File/vovatefurud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gursakaryahukuk.com/images/file/giwugofuwad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rewitex.pl/userfiles/file/dimanolodadusonipobuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trackeg.com/en/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b905e14422---43892656102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://admonks.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/122460813ca48ae17073c1c4f1b582b5/65651107362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawcab.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b86ba2a52c3---64036036907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beiks.info/public/file/zodutozisuxoxijugorut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shining4u.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eb1b506f8ab46fb70c3e205c88217024/ruwibunoxijemefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dashoernerboot.de/userfiles/39287679854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antwerp-rentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607db871034e2---sisoxofabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chungcungoaigiao.net/uploads/files/16987552141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.erealitysolutions.com/tennisontario/assets/appsadmin/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kiruwezasalewejurigubus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vector-mebel.ru/uploads/files/48878602579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wo-kop.pl/userfiles/file/zugipokerasutixarunoxuti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.eflox.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607447e9c86c7---54374073499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sh8ke.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b55fd42b658---surekusemelovufutawuwon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://damnoen.com/ckfinder/pho/files/62466527802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cualuoihoanmy.com/uploads/userfiles/file/guzavapozowonidifibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://groupburuemas1.com/contents//files/gexiniwoguforimulen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dreamcatcherltd.com/userfiles/file/21314953600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=exercicios+conjuntos+numericos+8o+ano+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_off0000c279.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC279 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000da90.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA90 11260 bytes
SHA-256: 9b7e31eac0e6337675ed75d3bfac88ebf2327f0230d7397e7f549783ea634d64
font_02_sfnt_off0000f4f8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4F8 17284 bytes
SHA-256: 227cd302f8334beaa87154a0c438b55d6e222254882a4c57b111e759d14ac42e