Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 42d7fd3704618acc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.3 KB Created: 2021-08-19 20:17:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 39b144ed12913a63a2039075d6599596 SHA-1: f7ad91d867f3d3bdb7d2756f3d84662587d57bd6 SHA-256: 42d7fd3704618acc6a38ef45c80833652c11d30df4108e9cd6a861d6876fdb95
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains numerous links, many of which point to websites hosted on compromised Content Management System (CMS) upload storage. This suggests a phishing or malicious redirection scheme, where the PDF serves as a lure to direct users to potentially harmful content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://www.pratikchoudhury.com/fckimages/file/zibofesinagena.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ambientltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6a22d32cdec6bcf538d5e5d29f05d75c/16309342447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nmglyxx.com/userfiles/file/kamuduborazanudamasak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelworld.ro/userfiles/file/wekina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rolstoellift.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079374a5e7bb---wujenazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maslag.eu/userfiles/file/mumenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ded1792b51dd6f0cb4c711345f71ee65/27832679337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://piazzademarini3ge.com/userfiles/files/vetarubuvejirujifiwoluluz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://criteriacambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eokhn23s7s59kri42m9k61qcjq/74643978397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakecountyoralsurgery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160798de92495a---mumezadubovunedobulini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reclaimsplus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7add60f923671c85f73119ba397ee3e1/jorebabolopewasem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dazzlin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b6e98689c0483433a53b570dda29bfc4/1741489031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dmn.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609408242079a---togabonofol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rath-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a61e0c219a---dejoxafelapofimufanutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fortlauderdalelimorental.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a36aa698b06---26465665467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kamber.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/04880885b47e8fc59e8fec4359057e85/36755980920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cpsguffanti.com/uploads/file/ronepojupojopevoxemudage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://givemeit.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c02e61c208d97360a9d2151b3e4f6a27/zevuwisewufapisake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpforbusymums.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4aee64f3aa8382adcd0d8e2edf2d04d6/64350045912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnzhongkui.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/uploads/file/111201562113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://juniorsmagazine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160771a4ad5129---87922148676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manufim.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e27c99e297a---ponulorotavuxike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://julieesteban.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2213993737---wevinutoviverewonemasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vvk-wiedermann.at/userfiles/file/woxejovenunazitot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+dermatologically+testedPDF 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_off0000d031.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD031 10820 bytes
SHA-256: f9d692dab5fc3a6e7d509fc39d8d77c9c8f14712b4ed1078a9424e63043b7f7e
font_01_sfnt_off0000e8fb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8FB 16136 bytes
SHA-256: 14f816a1d2348c418930a988a7650010ad0e8d996950af2235d6435a033c212c
font_02_sfnt_off000112a0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112A0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1