Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 42cbc20a2bb83c48…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.5 KB Created: 2021-09-19 00:44:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: e70e5cea11fc490d372fed03436db58b SHA-1: ca1add002ad6e58b56a4eedbded689d4aaf38d10 SHA-256: 42cbc20a2bb83c4865f5a6688adb88ab3a7697d2c332135bf97a9456401d5bfc
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. Several heuristics indicate the presence of link farms pointing to compromised WordPress sites and potentially disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious files or conduct phishing. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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.fullertherapy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f6141a4efa---tufukorepipofuvuk.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://masterok-kovka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9e492e4a9d116313aa5c384012229d14/nadipiworawikufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://retentionstudentexperience.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614237b4b415d---8531038169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creationstationdance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138a303aa527---46362769187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sport-konyv.hu/userfiles/file/98033145295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://villatoscana-pi.it/userfiles/file/76789300487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shiraz.sk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/badadakorub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lex.tj/img/file/varelatugigopuboxok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yevres.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/morotolatizosunize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doktor-okonski.pl/uploadimg/file/jojanupojalepap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technocom.pl/editor/file/55439112931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8tf6ib65427v5uo79ibcc8b2u0/44879710293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crystal-lamp.ru/uploads/files/jijuxusegurudop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadiantreasurer.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613eeae30f307---65891085623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lilipoupoli-drama.gr/lilipoupoli/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85274510118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://come2menorca.com/images/file/20003700801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://icrs-as.com/userfiles/file/xinubujanejalirupoluzusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gosselindesign.com/images/from_fckeditor/fichiers/waxufaxeno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siphonicflowmandiri.com/upload/files/waxut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitedfightalliance.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/munebafotezifuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://triatlonbizuterie.cz/sites/default/files/file/toguv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yjeverspeed.com/userfiles/file/55199853005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://securitydirect.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a8294c49b9285e0427a6f5d72a46fe7d/sawugawizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=always+on+edge+lighting+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_off0000dd4a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD4A 10844 bytes
SHA-256: 2f18f63194aff11492789abd86d41e59ba44a77b93045d0375b9425b41e4f9f8
font_01_sfnt_off0000f623.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF623 19032 bytes
SHA-256: 33ddf012db7f8bbf58e5ca527f9b32317667bcc7b82590ec5d0c68f1a0519b60
font_02_sfnt_off00012871.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12871 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1