Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 42baf302ea8b5539…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.9 KB Created: 2021-09-19 02:52:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: a96716313010a467b1de9e1f1e684e93 SHA-1: 17273faf703ec5aae2ca05bd59db28b14bb83d20 SHA-256: 42baf302ea8b5539d8383882d996f1c7264d1bcc7af46cda746b1634904752c1
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code or redirecting users. The presence of numerous links pointing to various domains, some of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads, indicates a link farm designed to obscure the final destination or distribute payloads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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://goldway.jp/upload/board/file/gokekegop.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://duplisite.com/userfiles/file/37625682390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sweetestspaparty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614238be002e4---wevapipuzozugemukaxak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.horisunmauritius.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/18300eb0713f87c2653080c179a0fe6f/muzibanoteboxeguf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanglong.vn-greenenergy.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82101010504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acethamessecurity.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a1ea008e27e897e85ae9ac3a3cfe01cb/luwibivebozusevapimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mayinmaunhat.com/upload/files/74060611305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161465c0c2bf9a.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tentauto23.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79957329680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soudurelauziere.ca/upload/editor/file/43405126614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://familiehollander.nl/images/uploadedimages/file/97230624320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yunglin.com/uploadpic/files/83888905054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shidoremicrosys.com/media/lidaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parbatsamajjapan.com/img/files/files/zekofapaxarititi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://obraz-tlt.ru/userfiles/file/bupujowuxasuragutuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shangrilayunnan.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lujavizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rideco.hu/upload/file/xoladadotifosusewasobuto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xyoaa.org/sites/default/files/files/17466507234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vivatbacchus.hu/files/file/54232874239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://happyfun.tw/uploads/files/202109131018044937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plovdivweek.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77872013088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cuatudongsaigon.net/uploads/files/87185317179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://neurondevelopment.org/userfiles/file/vetabotatowefowitumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.colegiometa.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16144ae49997b5---soselojututiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=tom+camp+hack+apkPDF 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_off0000d73a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD73A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ef50.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF50 9956 bytes
SHA-256: 44fa5327a84d71451d534b3bdd7d34e52c384bb070c213c5b37bdce4c5c2af65
font_02_sfnt_off00010550.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10550 17332 bytes
SHA-256: 624badf1d6d3ef42e41c8dcd004ed9536c83eaf24e1cb9954348cc8bb90d6913