Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 42d213410fb66507…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.5 KB Created: 2021-06-22 23:56:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 5fc28d0c80bda7807319174a56d7d814 SHA-1: 0933904f7c82f2fd2f2a7118fd1d931011dad83f SHA-256: 42d213410fb66507767f66195c3c9bf86b7a48206d4f16ed012b46a1f3d9e13b
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

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

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=baccha+sosur+bengali+movie PDF link annotation
    • http://www.tecnotrefg.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3434aca5b0---piguguludumesoduzimumefol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://djhelaly.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f7ec9fa4f9019e566a480760a12f6bde/gonidajerenafox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brandonsmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4h19bduhjkgdk5pbpsteoe5762/nafuvuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imad0c0.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34626280123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.infrascale.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/93e559cae279c96e470eee03977c83c9/35189461913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://festivalecolo.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607be8fa60552---2127603630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banglenhospital.com/UserFiles/File/vanupovikipirudan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2d5bcdb2be---8124359389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kkpump.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210616_DEB85CF2FD68305B.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f460a8e58b---77185666872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.reenactmentmarket.eu/images/wyswig_images/file/laxoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nationaalgolfcongres.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b97985de1a7---sokudumodonifogefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gpagroup.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afab01153ed---84503366228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okwmd.com/upload/fckeditor/file/83598670283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actor-conseil.com/files/file/46994498321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mosallaesf.ir/uploads/ck/files/28576856060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://www.daltonmaag.com/In PDF document text
    • 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c206.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC206 5264 bytes
SHA-256: 29cebd48a8f24fb68557abaab921b1f41181c8d7f987212a0d45aa455b502e15
font_01_sfnt_off0000d3b4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD3B4 10196 bytes
SHA-256: d1ef3fed8dd5029e9a4a6c68feb3c82a426c20223e0e89248c50b365fd15e2ad
font_02_sfnt_off0000f6b6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6B6 4324 bytes
SHA-256: 1062cd8ddf90f4344fa193b395386d5669df1a952e5759311ca261a71931f361