Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 42cd4c64f6b3c772…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.5 KB Created: 2021-06-18 21:17:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 8740e4fc3ba6342ef19f2e9456e8b10d SHA-1: 03e0a42b606607ae664bcd55783039db712eb7b3 SHA-256: 42cd4c64f6b3c772abfedd55c8599aad688e0032190b5c37029f42acb85eec80
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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 https://www.landalastadservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097c7156174d---kamotofarubisid.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://rebates.forex/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b2tgqc3eq0nl0g5l0te04tlvf1/ranofogam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lentilles-progressives.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ff050d4d96---madurefixadikarekapog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siyata.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae0279db247---9220985228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tcufroghouses.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cabb067d1b2---wokupefegoxuvonevesep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.aironface.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c93515d614fb9b4ef0412af3ab80f037/vegamazorixejilar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scandirent-new.ru/uploads/assets/file/17693336852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goref.ru/files/file/wujemezozeva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rogo-rotterdam.nl/files/weburuvevagadofiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sushi-belovo.ru/files/30812629430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ketgate.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/55e3298a80e783a54490589ca0dc1c9a/xasolavusewomozape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evg-prague.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609326913bd43---piwozigaliguvevuwaladak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moveisgarciadigital.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085f6556b503---14848648499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://subventionsbetrug.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r5vu5bfgt1fjvq5mulqf8bniv4/81453292019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mjsolankifoundation.com/fck/imagesfile/4683673322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://associacaoguainumbi.org.br/wp/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a10b3b0dd5---pisorurepoxuxilimen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajtoablakcentrum.com/_user/file/gumezelegojiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://opuntia.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/220c7e37f8eecd2947feed9134bb5208/tuzefuterigare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=free+fire+unlimited+custom+card+mod+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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f6f2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6F2 5320 bytes
SHA-256: 5c0caf74ec35acca0d2bc423a2bbc77e75b9166b62b00ac1c8c8dcb5453d3711
font_01_sfnt_off000108fd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108FD 15284 bytes
SHA-256: 170d42ecbd2214cfcf484a38a50f9e8a3165e04e7e955f0851fa5bf5ac0777b4