Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 42c4ba5dfa29bccd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.5 KB Created: 2021-09-11 13:23:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 7abc9abde524a2d438bc81a4029e3ead SHA-1: 28c292eef70a19710f983989f5e2ff4f4b347eba SHA-256: 42c4ba5dfa29bccdd44a693c622218ad4a1087db7827f6c4f057c26d3586177a
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, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggests a phishing or malware distribution attempt. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports the malicious nature of this file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.majorisinvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ec3d0a78de---62566901775.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ateliergermain.club/sites/default/files/file/77809788990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veritiesinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/11d34c795eae7d1c850c7eaaeca84892/84793318495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarahscupcakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a0d95ebf89---kopimisutisabivutobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snft.ro/media/file/tokukirokepitatugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smarttactic.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161335d10f1e08---jupulodunuxazozogukukof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noithathoaphat11.com/upload/files/lujiwusapixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sarajevo-inn-grunewald.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f1c935ce6a---97484957814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shengnabei.com/uploadfile/file///2021091105195895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totalfinance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613895ef4daf1---78638187174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://telecycling.org/files/file/xixifarem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nwatchonline.info/userfiles/file/dugadawofesosom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.saenger-ohg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613471ccd6f3c---43853269434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mandalaconfeccao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161350d2971823---32338602578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pavaniautismschools.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0bc95olmkon6fsd8cb4b2a0p95/23523166595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://obras.ru/sites/default/files/uploads/xomejototutinutelum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aljazeerahdrilling.com/userfiles/files/67913101782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intelekt.biz/uploads/pages/files/22469854687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cyuanmei.com/userfiles/file/8470442689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esangsok.com/upfile/files/74761156857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://birgatour.mn/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/razopagudanujeguxat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rocb-ap.org/file_media/file_image/file/64500603792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banghetretruc.com/media/ftp/file/disesuxobamuposul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ofertaromania.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22002574061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=amsco+apush+2020+answer+keyPDF 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_off0000da55.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA55 18856 bytes
SHA-256: ff1c8837d7b8802da2a14fa48dba94c0c809e42bcbeae7f3f5eb13f2244e5552
font_01_sfnt_off00010b17.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B17 11016 bytes
SHA-256: 2dd3ccd6d97266c8b0a81ad6b14ba2e71b4069b63094f3c9eea05ca65ba06fda
font_02_sfnt_off000124ac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124AC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1