Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 42af20186adbabc6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.7 KB Created: 2021-06-26 20:57:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: f7e3db091df188ce8e5df7014cd1180b SHA-1: b9bd2146ed455869ef6e8d3fc803053ce811ff13 SHA-256: 42af20186adbabc62a30ed2c792ba6074f6ac7e7614abbf716bfadcc89d0cf09
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links are indicative of an attempt to exploit users via external resources.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 6

  • 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
  • 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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=border+collie+poodle+mix+breeders
    • https://alarrabnews.com/images/content/content/file/bozavepev.pdf
    • https://alternativecarrepair.com/userfiles/file/14197280145.pdf
    • https://laihouston.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/00a168525ab39940fb9c5977312789f8/46655106005.pdf
    • http://apexhealthnutrition.com/newerac2c/userfiles/file/9948332462.pdf
    • http://www.theagentpipeline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078a787a183b---86051882016.pdf
    • http://www.stallionreadymix.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ae6a8d110e---bubogexujukega.pdf
    • http://basyapiemlak.com/yukleme_klasoru/userfiles/file/36036503258.pdf
    • https://gruntbudowa.pl/files/file/34584165572.pdf
    • http://global-gypsum.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a22cbe92beb---buwananemonofubowagi.pdf
    • https://pousadamarazul.tur.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609433d718cef---3598424843.pdf
    • https://promocionesnma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c91a04011bf8f5c8a267f2ead5243608/fidesuvozu.pdf
    • http://3duct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089eef322635---mupafufipulodavukidomo.pdf
    • https://gpuhub.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m79i5vni8rquvtfourp55bda4h/buvakobego.pdf
    • http://bjhtdszdh.com/v15/Upload/file/202162301191032.pdf
    • https://kfz-gutachter-oliver-schiller.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609823531a880---22746273992.pdf
    • https://www.hagensmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8b53698249---72238382572.pdf
    • https://www.swissfillon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d07092a9b8d410b8bd0011ddcaf8ddc/sisalukiruvazag.pdf
    • http://drthchowdary.net/userfiles/file/16845757301.pdf
    • http://zaun-produzent.de/userfiles/file/52212168191.pdf
    • http://biosite.ru/images/news/file/45986981350.pdf
    • https://www.c2commercial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a2cfd1acf2c96b9a23f8d9455165ef51/fanifeluxibepifowur.pdf
    • http://ccsl.asia/files/pizososeziw.pdf
    • https://tirthmobile.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/iqs4erfl28c9pelqgkbl5teerk/rebowut.pdf
    • http://seamacros.com/upload/file/95232859818.pdf
    • http://maidnheaven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084a496e8438---9958703527.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f663.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF663 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010e75.bin
7eaac6c17b40ff6dcc406f0d94fb6c5c5b5362a286a1e4892553bbc0803a1f59
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E75 17224 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013bc5.bin
a1be236c9d14535bc3f69193e48ffbd8092c0b85d527a2eb3f56a29c45744c28
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13BC5 10604 bytes