Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 42ce2293cd474ce9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

117.8 KB Created: 2021-08-18 21:03:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 717f9714b44c81ba27937674dc89b1e5 SHA-1: 0dd322d48c0d41064d277459f48c6461234640f3 SHA-256: 42ce2293cd474ce9c29d45a76034f9e0c1cd526be28f3dfe47914f35b65df13f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a large number of links, many of which point to compromised WordPress installations. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The primary function appears to be directing users to potentially malicious external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://outsourcedbackoffice.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/478254cc824a661c927c6f0f0ca46463/75746272034.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://hoanghaie.com/Images_upload/files/47420648892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://springhs1988.com/clients/a/a7/a70db2535ed58991dd9724faf9b165d0/File/10409756362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://redwoodpwr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oqsagicukmep6drdic6je1h305/kapafufifub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ebsjosepirosamaria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610d3361a71aa---71552631180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jcca.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f05f6673044---7058610231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://choiceenergynetwork.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7c86702106a034e20d89f8c6a4b43477/59622337117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rrvchefs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f2d53edd40e9409c93b3df65ab56c7eb/42476509745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://westernmaki.com/uploads/files/82831044018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gamboeng.com/assets/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jotub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mastera-mix.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46432309758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suleymanporoy.com/img/userfiles/files/32364297174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://metricgroup.it/uploads/file/dobutokadomosekegiwef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cwesp.biz/upload/file/19662043079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankcapassoandsons.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a430a4e37cd---68132588701.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://postscriptproductions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a276ae8ab59---wowolulavesiguwoneti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deepakbatteries.com/uploads/file/47943576423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://searchkar.com/ci/userfiles/files/9120059402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tuabogadoangel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3190e9fb41c78b4c235522d6d3206a2d/2259323222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://space1500.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/35fce7d25945cf984be314efb086c8b3/witugeramilowaleke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3duct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089af1691f02---2614165983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riskhedgetech.com/uploaded/file/25086598260e95c127d1b4.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ambalatender.com/upload/files/rinididapupodudofajujaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=shepherd+the+flock+of+god+2019+editionPDF 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_off00016b14.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16B14 16948 bytes
SHA-256: bce486a0f316c3b66b18777dfee784ed70b32585e4b1f4510b5ada8684c67a77
font_01_sfnt_off0001975c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1975C 11196 bytes
SHA-256: f0186b48324fa03460ebcbe5dcd3efbfa843de2c664a229a0986910746abefe6
font_02_sfnt_off0001b160.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1B160 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1