Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 42ce7e896cb46e13…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.5 KB Created: 2021-07-16 05:53:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-23
MD5: d55e25d4e17cae3a3fdb2b53587a0d00 SHA-1: e9f923b37aff4f65d4ff8a8c38d9f53425912517 SHA-256: 42ce7e896cb46e13ce0b51d731a6169075ff8b49c57c49569d26eb57aa712121
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It uses a ClickFix paste-and-run lure. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • ClickFix social engineering attack high SE_CLICKFIX
    Document instructs the user to press Win+R or paste a command into a terminal — consistent with ClickFix attacks that bypass macro restrictions by tricking users into running malicious commands directly
  • 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.helpforbusymums.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0e64c0ba22c02cc7b9afe52458752988/27359353406.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://webinaris.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/99769284143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kantankacreative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae0435edd3208b3ab2256369b21db4fe/17655516159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ingpiazza.eu/userfiles/files/67580524142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avtoarka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c4cf5afb01e8abb584d5e0c49e8c4a6b/tigakulepejatulunameramox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weblative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7eguk4lok5pr6c5q0e8o89rdb9/24286174076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radanhorse.com/resource/files/30004862509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://componentcnc.hu/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81617862774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.infos-lentilles-de-contact.com/images-sites/files/89348791713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inverpalmas.com/aym_image/files/53303133849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hncastlecable.com/d/files/zedefosawifox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.julitolaschools.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b16fb84fc09---pisivoxivujapiloxikaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tif.cn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2cc7hjne0s7vnia7dadiho3nqs/19457153086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theshairpodcast.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bc5ebaf06c7551b8dea3c524d7f34355/13705134570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ildungrice.com/fileupload/fckeditor/file/8940903173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uvhk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083d2430674a---81726699737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clearlakesd.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c97e069e181---gibedadepavirugokegirob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://partnerplus30.ru/images/fornews/files/sevavutorosivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realwebguys.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a9a627865c---15788151598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skogsformedling.se/bilder_umeny/File/xexeketalipalagopiseza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lorichphoto.com/pictures/file/91329517409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pianoszimmermann.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ebde7add1d---sepozawanimojek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://belitour.ir/basefile/belitourir/files/18334356477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.irrv.org/uploads/files/59693402375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hintonassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7966ac9a46271a98f3c2e438fd54784b/20929607735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=candy+crush+free+appsPDF 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_off0000efed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFED 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000107ff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107FF 17048 bytes
SHA-256: 0ed6cb75b9b56aa26ed996b75ecf3d500a8234684401f64d0f0e10d56e200a1d
font_02_sfnt_off0001347a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1347A 10604 bytes
SHA-256: 05e87a10605729a3a489fe253ccec6bada4927f1dfdad7c45b4da19e420f7f0a