Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 42a949fb979e6bf3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.6 KB Created: 2021-05-28 17:09:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 85dfcca00aa3033f67ca773510c0d1dc SHA-1: 81dded1ad07990b951db41fbbb981824976cf8cb SHA-256: 42a949fb979e6bf32447ab7ac6bd55e256f30bf752ebe3efd9a15ad120d723db
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute malware or phish for credentials. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the presence of numerous external links and the nature of the heuristics suggest the document is designed to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.7939

Heuristics 5

  • 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
  • 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://www.alfainstal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608248b9a8f9e---ximedajimirewawobad.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://mirembeestate.co.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e68eec6c7f---mugodugazuratif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mithermomix.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f88a7e7b3dcafecd5e97233f774e938/fodudibuzarupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.airportlimofortlauderdale.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d38d5ccda1---59970943339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095e44808bcc---10532972955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegreenlegacykeepers.com/clients/e/e8/e8dc17949b7ef813e9937e453902477f/File/genolodezebotezizusuguz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relleno-acidohialuronico.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0cbcf24da0196d1a3b6bf0eceb2ac58e/semak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://led7.ru/file/diwaxowagevase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://solarconsulting.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/209513f5c90ef3ec4b1142e2e575186e/bevotaxutol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeugdopdewetenschapsagenda.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608dc249134b7---53146428531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viboot.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/malis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dispomydeal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c4127ead34eeb65292f57ed7f9119856/tamupofijasezivoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botanicgardenscafe.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c83947dfc3---mamamoripabujefefidegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amagi.la/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f920062f7c---53286586257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.endthestigmacounselling.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7l9e6ennnh062i89c6etc1inq7/31193549689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gml.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160940fa0ba388---lebun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://fedorahosted.org/lohitIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=quimica+organica+wade+volumen+1+pdf+solucionarioPDF link annotation
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00014a38.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14A38 4552 bytes
SHA-256: 2baef25f4c956e5ea910de2d889a67a8e1e2eed8c79741084c428737925cfc6d
font_01_sfnt_off00015a39.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15A39 5740 bytes
SHA-256: 48c510fa7047f9cdc7080b56af54f158de43258e4561069a05e438a9b8ce778c
font_02_sfnt_off00016dca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16DCA 3048 bytes
SHA-256: 89a639fcbed5e4ef82e32039950f7f452873e47a524ead236abee1ecb480f6cf
font_03_sfnt_off00017a20.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17A20 1756 bytes
SHA-256: 2103a056f476c52f1c6d089ac5beb75e1363abdbada9cf7f749b5a82f0f5de7e