Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 42aef82f07fe0b84…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.9 KB Created: 2021-09-17 08:30:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 900db455cb3359204e308ae8edaa5386 SHA-1: 6171a0a789c2f32f1feec8db00e074331f34fe75 SHA-256: 42aef82f07fe0b8407796cf0d7ff466f7bb93a9c9b7a88ddaeb62fedc337f505
224 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains multiple heuristics indicating malicious intent, including links to algorithmically generated URLs and a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads. The presence of a 'download button' lure and a QR code redirect further suggests a phishing or malware distribution attempt. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious content, likely a downloader or phishing lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9820

Heuristics 9

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://jlsxjy.com/right/UploadFile/file///2021090500205473499.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://topbuild.net/content/xuploadimages/file/dowojuneberibajozej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kruengrangthai.com/files/files/dojegobufedoximalejowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prosaison.fr/userfiles/files/1008961246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dungcuruamui.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b2ctt77lhm3ce2bc8oe4fru2t7/27937655442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hopadive.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8969204989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dirpub.org/editor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45083283131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pielinks.com/UserFiles/file/fefewumuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mixmarketing.vn/upload/fck/file/mewazumuxev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://michalpavlicek.com/uploaded/file/53603151292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terremeraude.com/userfiles/file/96412470310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seoulmenu.com/uploads/files/66087830160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zagi.hr/files/13266836734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sgestrecho.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161429bd220179---nibutarijof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariovianello.eu/userfiles/files/wofomon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tienhasteel.com/app/webroot/upload/files/40132062893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitedcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140e3e86b0b8---6608858931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iphonerepairservice.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/jevexoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.startservis.sk/novy/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91840110925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clubesquilacoma.com/uploads/files/71386361003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shopcloud.cloud/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xakubuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kyea.org/imageuploads/68938976906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://montoaneli.com/ckfinder/files/fupazafivenuvovok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ckattorneys.net/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/94395117095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldenlinejsc.com/userfiles/file/lojesitujidof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://netwindowvn.com/uploads/userfiles/file/likifaribavam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=tv+cast+android+tvPDF 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_off00010371.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10371 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011b83.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B83 18500 bytes
SHA-256: 8487b2cbee9922bdcd52e56a7ea44e95beb10a641c6bff7a7416ee43c18ff68a
font_02_sfnt_off00014b72.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14B72 10212 bytes
SHA-256: 39c3d1a63822410fb68b0ccb25c5caa5fb47e8a72b98004114f1c9f0e160bc13