Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 42dbdb5487475794…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.5 KB Created: 2021-08-16 00:45:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: ed01b7563f186a6b92e78e3af4f3411f SHA-1: 80a590b8e7eb34e9f4bf22431de7ccb81a2469a6 SHA-256: 42dbdb548747579457c4896c0ce81c5577b9eb0cbbf1720734fc95e913f9ecce
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript could be used to further obfuscate the malicious payload or initiate downloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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
  • 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://reaga.net/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1879717186.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.fmworks.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q3824pem0r4orqhdpfcgq2u95f/77354700873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cremyco.com/app/webroot/docs/file/22571839480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bazatalty.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ef57db626fb8f5fee2fbe930e202951/boputavunusol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://transpack-krumbach.de/_upload_bilder/_filemanager/file/taperifili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0652be71d79c52f233dcdc027d8b0b91/monubad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sage-chem.com/image/files/20210726_071003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.insurancedirectcanada.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160864c8737a04---18161743264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bennyhigh73.com/clients/3/33/33ce00c6a031cf3b17a3dcf69aaa7594/File/relanevujopowopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spearmanhsreunion.org/clients/e/e1/e1754705b4c076d7cd520c5e9e79ed07/File/wesawabazibadadotekaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lpkgoodframeupvc.com/userfiles/files/boragemibogaruzimov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thaide.org/userfiles/file/90333814170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cbgnfinance.com/userfiles/file/44411980357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amdind.com/userfiles/file/pizelejetupekiwoguz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glosunspa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e1bc122efb5---12312902591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://khacdautron.com/Images_upload/files/tinekajori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://integrotech.com/zdjecia/file/82688244417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a23d861cd99.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://egokituz.eus/files/galeria/files/9756310364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuishangbiao.com/upload_fck/file/2021-4-30/20210430031322729263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://russkiivopros.com/images/FCKeditor/file/67956045248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centrons.com/uploaded/file/120992010960ce1d4b01136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotwaterfactory.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a30be1e19c1719b3209f2c98c17c34d/11853927510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=totally+bath+tension+pole+shower+caddy+assemblyPDF 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_off00010199.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10199 16764 bytes
SHA-256: 817d9af59c5a4396df762c2ac499eb3645229259c32d521159e9ed8a76aeb2a0
font_01_sfnt_off00012d50.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D50 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014567.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14567 11084 bytes
SHA-256: 4350767312431061e2e9932f983c5ffe3a280efa6ce816c4a7d93e22ed2e3e49