Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 42dac5d1bba985bf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.5 KB Created: 2021-09-06 16:26:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: f8105917997e479f629fe9bc191958df SHA-1: 45b7b9c864e7cbe8793fe7b9de3404b95ec56727 SHA-256: 42dac5d1bba985bfc1ac6564016fb6a86f1cf85f4d8d7b332e573c2138233ae8
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF is identified as a phishing lure due to its small size and image-only content, typical of a screenshot designed to hide a clickable link. Multiple heuristics indicate the presence of a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or redirect to phishing sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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 https://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=protein+metabolic+pathways+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://www.caribbeandentist.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f9f212ad7a---bomodediropowelofedidox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balance-global.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0d7ste3dhph133c7j47tqs96ea/65254855607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longhornrings.com/clients/0/08/08da48574b41509ac7bedcf2500dc652/File/wuxaxegokesanupepafoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purevdavaa.mn/uploads/ckfinder/files/bidemixokamipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thephinhmienbac.com/upload/files/50802748250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kahasat.cz/data/file/96404238652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cerel.eu/images/wyswig_images/file/vudiwojoxuporireridureb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jotekonybakterium.hu/userfiles/files/kakajir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bkht.vn/userfiles/file/63554023125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polins.org/public/userfiles/file/14166709726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raegcafe.com/uploads/files/80107042198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aftaplan.com/works/peepsparty/html/upload_files/file/mubekodamadaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zrdb-drogbud.pl/Upload/file/wujuxisudupowenezuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edukiya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a10fbd5413b17be774e29ae71776df82/noromexukutatanefawaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bascobrunswick.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091bdf4e164f---tebovibimukijuvuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tcgardening.com/userfiles/file/2021080604384173499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sensible-seeds-premium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087707736971---16158210383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beiks.info/public/file/berurom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://connect-event.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92691402875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.qookspot.kitchen/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161262f9a5b0b2---12023737094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaplanpm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adb7e7e57d0---77013915670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toyteepee.com/uploadfiles/file/210520165425811515od0pgd.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amatnieks.lv/pictures/image/gozizefoboxumuzavos.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_off0000b3a1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB3A1 11224 bytes
SHA-256: e4ff33490c392f0b60336cde963c86319e083fe3abf9483189d4f01fc6d90df4
font_01_sfnt_off0000cd8b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD8B 14108 bytes
SHA-256: 986e54dafe74d791c69c1df47e87544dba2aa2d03d23c3d98ab8c9469e302304
font_02_sfnt_off0000f03c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF03C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1