Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 42d26995a6f7cc78…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.8 KB Created: 2021-09-01 00:07:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 0737a5c36b01ea7b98c131e6056dab89 SHA-1: a23bf31ac8ac5423c8c12e878e2039726c18b67e SHA-256: 42d26995a6f7cc781ec9daca2f210f911d38e757799fc61c59efa175acbaa3c2
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing lure. It contains numerous links pointing to potentially compromised CMS upload directories and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or download further malware. The PDF structure and embedded links are consistent with a link farm used to obscure the ultimate destination of the malicious payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9992

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 69 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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 http://pincailight.com/zk/UploadFile/file/2021080720073273499.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://thedewakohchang.com/image/upload/File/5093855146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vnnc.vn/img-hdmedia/files/49933332337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agatanorek.com/files/file/42470553538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouwenaaneensterkwerkgeversmerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a00dab399d---13715565697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koryosushi.com/uploads/files/lofadanasul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.focus.mu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cdf283506b9b99fecd345f4ee838d880/loluvasosegujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trackeg.com/en/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fb3b46fc6f---tigavituvebizexununuziger.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://africanhairbraidingsalon.com/userfiles/file/53002945595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amandatravel.com/userfiles/file/18113405383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://usefchina.com/uploadfile/file///2021072120453510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipublicity.cz/data/file/55936402729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamiuniquelimo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081a50ccb947---vaximajofoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alakharia.com/public_html/userfiles/file/nufiximusitezawijar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ddshower.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/monezigerok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhythmcprandfirstaid.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/39917b152b562e80f9d7007e8cc5569e/28432852462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kalyna.ua/sites/default/files/userfiles/file/35119248454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pferde-fuer-unsere-kinder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fd41c6a0e9---kavuporuvafomikisonox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constructionone.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b1ed9a1622---lavetomugamigas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://przystaneknida.pl/data/aktualnosci_imgs/file/sidiporoxower.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bmsorganica.com/userfiles/file/sekuzitopuwifexogepam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grup-insaat.com/userfiles/file/35831767988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://llsindia.in/FCKeditor/file/xafuwodoki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bonezi.morefriendship.com/upload/files/59630268841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=funnel+web+spider+burrowPDF 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_off0000b5cb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB5CB 13904 bytes
SHA-256: 680cd46fc0c6a785313f3827cb27652b6d27eb7b2723cdfa6c91f90cb84a6d00
font_01_sfnt_off0000d7de.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD7DE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000eff5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFF5 10428 bytes
SHA-256: d3adc9eea177ec02055c6f85d07d030850690edc53d534f44119ca33847c05d5