Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 42b04500a87b9065…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.8 KB Created: 2021-09-18 01:57:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: c21b3b356a6096366a15a58c39e791b0 SHA-1: c3d18463182bc05f579dc923e59475aa2d9131fb SHA-256: 42b04500a87b9065ffc368bb7d0f592f3ecf640b1224073f68a3d9204a1fdf6f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=appli+android+system+webview PDF link annotation
    • http://sinorarechem.com/upload/files/tenaxevezegadujis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tolltisztitas.eu/userfiles/files/6166228994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apex-architect.ru/images/file/nuziperelanarijuserepela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stickerbarcode.com/file_media/file_image/file/14300875990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esistore.com/userfiles/file/22289430967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globaltranslation.com/demo/global_translation/beta/userfiles/files/gusawirezasixupovesax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artiguardia.pl/userfiles/file/taferokeluvipukoxejir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettotoma.it/userfiles/files/welonokegovapolig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kubermatkaplay.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63549147100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dossalas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6c868627f7ce2c1057e01136f347302f/51838639412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://handsonmontessoripk.com/userfiles/files/sefujomadavuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phm.vn/upload/files/riniwegisasakoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://1sis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161446213623c3---gekaworadam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vek-bg.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fojomawafejuzuliji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.acefence.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139340937da0---192945948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wyadonline.com/userfiles/file/13612463108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kodeac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n9til60r9193l2kpor6iiti6ec/jabinaroxuvobilixepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://massimosusto.eu/userfiles/files/gamofapagajegugobaxuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc0311.com/userfiles/file/20210910004703_klhl6l.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.q-jin.ne.jp/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sipururosodukiwaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ehblending.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b99dc31fe1b736986729a8dacb01618c/10547541540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lorenzonimmigrationlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161451795648d3---sejaxokedatenidep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://givemeit.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/96a7c928bea349aedf4f6bd43d4f67dc/92892699732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viadagio.be/userfiles/file/nezimunom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.xcelsus.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161330996705a8---tuvogitumefaroguf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eot.mn/uploads/userfiles/files/gukofepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000df0c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF0C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f723.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF723 10940 bytes
SHA-256: a4d0fd0a74963aefbd1f15398c727a92e708e48e492ee220cd03f9450be059d8
font_02_sfnt_off00011058.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11058 17204 bytes
SHA-256: 6c889c6bbeee8e139e3b59f435eca8df2baf22bb3dbbd3387f01de0f10962880