Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 42d39d957094ceda…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.8 KB Created: 2021-09-07 13:04:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: c543d12d8d3b80ba6ce77602141bbcd6 SHA-1: 4aed33aa736a47f9af9286303e1360624e007f82 SHA-256: 42d39d957094cedabcdd3f67175f28fe6743bcc8f3e3b285e2b2c39bd5a9defd
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs that form a link farm, with several pointing to compromised WordPress sites. The presence of embedded JavaScript and a high ML classifier score indicate malicious intent. The primary goal appears to be redirecting users through a chain of links, likely to a phishing page or to download further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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
  • 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.
  • 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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=read+noughts+and+crosses+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://www.dentaltaxpros.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/366576884f4c9b0c0250d57eaadc4f14/26779828282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alda.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37008871401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baoholaodong24.com/userfiles/file/10873310877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://locthanhroyal.com/upload/files/baviratuwurozifelunosis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saatyapi.com/upload/ckfinder/files/83422758385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://es-umzuege-transporte.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c936f2ec9078cecf1b15611b6bd75c3c/32740827352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boek.se/bilder_umeny/File/pemosilamolonip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jogforbigt.com/clients/6/61/61f7a61d17da296148a50ccd59c4a139/File/93913841882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://episcopiaoradiei.ro/files/20016488579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/it5n2sd5hscluquvca5nr9v397/13415568947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fotografoeventimilano.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612e5f21bf391---ruvamapefamumovubonopaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://esteticarcare.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/975cf8a0512952634d1da0e4ebd56500/fuvadewabizumerepabajov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2016.letnifestiwal.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bowimevar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goodwill.as/userfiles/file/28775432763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kawoka.com/userfiles/file/38395097197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luxcottage.ru/stroykamen/userfiles/files/zomobobakugotegoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medipratik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607207f937b67---69618503805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608984f4a09a7---72009966881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://empezo.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42710253941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adler-leitishofen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d4d594585d---65795682653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vigo.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16117679988075---merurirazakojixobukudaba.pdfIn 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://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_off0000dd26.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD26 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f53d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF53D 10904 bytes
SHA-256: cec292817da4076aae2b56c6d0ca1e413fa7368d8c1c6463183153a35c2ccc30
font_02_sfnt_off00010e39.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E39 16788 bytes
SHA-256: acc9b78ad139cc8ccb82d6dfaccbe7b5c5ac7d8f562fd06df91c8dd342a279f7