Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 42cd589963a5f797…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.5 KB Created: 2021-06-29 13:12:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 8ea7e6eca96361e8de7df92d9bae7978 SHA-1: 18b3a3059aa6f0d657497b9ee95c5faf55087cd8 SHA-256: 42cd589963a5f797736a524b9ff463ffbcf3905a579f98fd5118294ccac668fa
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a high ML score and ClamAV detection as a phishing trojan. It functions as a link farm, directing users to numerous URLs hosted on compromised WordPress sites and other disposable domains. The primary purpose appears to be directing users to malicious content or phishing sites, likely as part of a broader phishing campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=uncle+tupelo+are+you+sure+hank+done+it+this+way
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/menominewefolasadu.pdf
    • http://lapawan15.com/shop/fck_file/file/47334831174.pdf
    • http://www.oknookna.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609256d1d0191---11899914868.pdf
    • http://atthaya.com/file_media/file_image/file/rumoxesuwi.pdf
    • http://www.auditsi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084b00d8b6f1---mepojejupe.pdf
    • https://proxus.nl/file/33033133128.pdf
    • https://www.simplythebestevents.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609caefb51216---64632807800.pdf
    • https://www.tctnanotech.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2aabe218e4f63a8708159a6993bff803/50654325273.pdf
    • https://happycustomerservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/411ec65243867f4ddc4d46c3d6a3175a/fifamud.pdf
    • http://be1971.com/clients/a/a1/a19be2fc4cf8b198b52f296748481ce5/File/wasajas.pdf
    • https://www.vigo.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160750e12da1bf---78421790309.pdf
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7dd0d44b05---lidovinemabafusaxovosob.pdf
    • https://agenciaboom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ovjv3i50su7v5062dui6rr8gf7/83734508565.pdf
    • https://etre-cheval.fr/Applications/MAMP/htdocs/etre%20cheval/news_pix/file/64039435791.pdf
    • https://tlproduct.com/userfiles/file/bolim.pdf
    • http://bubblesoflove.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6b697df165---84211099603.pdf
    • https://rmdschoolandcollege.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad05jevn8e7g7p6rp98n4ddt51/napetel.pdf
    • http://sungsam.net/userData/board/file/70726505919.pdf
    • http://trainternational.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2366048116---jerepalaniwose.pdf
    • http://insureacompany.com/userfiles/file/sisuvazukik.pdf
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/faxugas.pdf
    • https://ahi.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a0eb54d55c8d4065f5572697e839ddb2/sojobimonakorarosuv.pdf
    • https://www.sgestrecho.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f80695024a---86382749669.pdf
    • http://www.maarsehoveniers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081b626a7b20---lexol.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e331.bin
913275a201027091624ed968d6a69f83c86729b9e1a0ae2b121c6d5abd07f55d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE331 19060 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001137a.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1137A 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012b91.bin
592823baeb08ef57feafc0d70c7470434255d72378cc18818bd8f7e2299ee7a9
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B91 11012 bytes