Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 42c2d79d157e5e7c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.2 KB Created: 2021-09-05 03:24:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: d5516e8910118622428d087e423f5a60 SHA-1: 37fdaa78161b8141cc6cb40a10e14ab05270b9c4 SHA-256: 42c2d79d157e5e7c92c8e000a3eb38955e962227d13847f0e1985b84855a6008
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' strongly suggest the document's purpose is to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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.hkwebdesign.com.hk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607eb141229b9---darasiligo.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://mziagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ueradlkk92qb3ve138c0hmd2r0/jopemepuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wooshin.kr/uploaded/file/556936488611c1659c4e25.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotelgiottotorino.com/userfiles/files/54131187276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eclipsetheaters.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611934d7911df---22535989296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jngf.cn/files/file/ziluwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pwr-tech.ru/userfiles/file/98361399599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pikewallis.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ee438a5a879---linejudebujebowopubaluj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lowchens.org/userfiles/file/32051621391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirks-pool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e11c97d0e8---nodavoloxidozegam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouwenaaneensterkwerkgeversmerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086437555f05---lonamepif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cadeco.com/testingsites/advantage_aviation/assets/media/file/79620075600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vantainoidia.vn/ci/userfiles/files/jezoraxipusifakawojakav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hometeamcorp.com/images/usr/14803730836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shotclock.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ff781c88369d90cc54edb995244d6472/14569684588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stkvn.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0a55571d4798cb8ac000e57a0ef9711d/42392609838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adikkeempat.com/contents//files/ragotejuluzojurobab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hosvagyok.hu/userfiles/file/44007428639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kickcommerce.com/userfiles/file/22269368625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adepotcustom.com/UploadFiles/file/20210429192435183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plusk-car.com/js/upload/files/fawakutefizituni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elenasteele.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080fc3a35a1f---wexewijirejajupiguwepifad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://finestblogger.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c31s6mlqcmbp1as0g1bj67nfvi/nujexon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=wagner+power+painter+manualPDF 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_off0000cdb1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCDB1 18764 bytes
SHA-256: 794743d6b30a3a7bbde2fb04f19b2d74cf05101d36eb3a622714b2128cd148e0
font_01_sfnt_off0000feb2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFEB2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000116c9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116C9 10608 bytes
SHA-256: 48907c8d5bafd095028937b42e9079e35cbe1dbe28bafa3f02b1892058fb6854