Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 42c046321a474fed…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.5 KB Created: 2021-08-30 15:50:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: a2f9ab375bb08f8bdcfc1ee484b217f2 SHA-1: b56ad24d55db21f182ccce52fd63f94897f69d7e SHA-256: 42c046321a474feded88f7e6834fc4476079de540520782359597680f105fa62
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and by an ML classifier as malicious. It contains embedded JavaScript and functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised WordPress sites. These sites, in turn, host further PDF files, indicating a multi-stage distribution or phishing campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9963

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://www.mondzorgvesa-voorschoten.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c029834ebb---80371733957.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://antwerp-reefer-tournament.be/argt/files/xovad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arenda-v-novosibirske.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pamav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://business-plan-capalpha.eu/mbp/upload/images/images/upload/ckfinder/63065095094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creteservices.com/FCKeditor/userimages/file/vedadenepidubepin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skupp.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d0f5d96e7e---35160775006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alliance-ic.ru/uploads/file/79287075183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adamlegal.com/userfiles/file/sewodewafuworadipejugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://szabobuszberles.hu/files/files/92445031865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phuongsen.com/img-chamthi/files/xokomeravudebojap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iamgoingto1996.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa5b898effe---47867707921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toptoptraining.ru/img/upload/file/62168391801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abw10thstreetne.com/uploads/files/rewupig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caigeshi.com/uploadfile/file/2021060814124973499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sansboundaries.com/clients/f/fd/fde0d4b6b324343791c5f0705b221951/File/wulilutapevorif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evpltravel.com/xv_image/file/vasipumutamaxokeguxale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drrajanmahtani.com/userfiles/files/2924298224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fidelishospice.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12911454765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--i1aam8cb.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e29ae9b7cbdd7ccef5e4b45201279e73/vesemedusatukax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://corumosmanlimakina.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xiperixeze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eduomania.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9cfb1df1b8---zunuzepev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttlengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d5d9e08e712---mabosamiwotafasidow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=i+need+directions+to+nashville+tennesseePDF 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_off0000c575.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC575 10484 bytes
SHA-256: fbdea453cfc797e77e04ae7ec44b52490858d32cfa02fcde8a877d180134a6a4
font_01_sfnt_off0000dd3b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD3B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f54d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF54D 16676 bytes
SHA-256: db41cd64c5bdf3cb9e451daf8eb5bfbf7d38617834e2720cf8a971271ec7deff