Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 42de432c1c8ab729…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.8 KB Created: 2021-09-03 20:01:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 709bc2d0d190a7e0a77b97eb587e864b SHA-1: 3f3b195fcb964b3997b58d1e88fd233b00ab745c SHA-256: 42de432c1c8ab729a3cfa197d95c837e09279965ecc4fbf506650f1ef91392ed
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to external resources, many of which are hosted on disposable domains or compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature. The embedded URLs are likely used to redirect users to malicious content or download further stages of an attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://abc-tel.ru/data/File/57375969566.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://olddieselparts.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bataramofavidusukiduz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://palezieux.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tudetufix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blpest.com/UserFiles/file/56220858559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zjleiou.com/images/upload/File/48992013894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plasy.com/uploads/file/40682532230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terapie-psi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ddb205c76f---22766006702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benefielddarrenfordhicksunited.com/clients/2/21/2186b72972973349411f8b90e6071e14/File/92672021800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://queuemanagementsystems.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b77d0b20653---88498423634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hillcresthigh1971.com/clients/9/9f/9fbf9047a6869172a982db6f42f05a9a/File/putasiram.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.parkgest.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080acc23215c---77715304345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diversecityuk.com/userfiles/file/vonud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://buddingheights.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609727210766e---jodedifutelapirapofilip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comesa.com.pe/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e494082879dc8aa41af4cad12922c343/kulotubajigukedodupar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn-----6kcaheblih5ab0a6afqbzoqe.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38736467519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uticachemical.com/files/upload/files/wijufavikov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://22vek-omsk.ru/fck_editor_files/files/89474765755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sapientgenerator.ru/files/userfiles/files/vaduzitasizebanewonulepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ascinfratech.com/clientprojects/trading/file/lekodugaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siyata.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d5007b333a7---dijepomusukutipofatutidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://traveltokiev.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ni188sbg6gdh4s07d2b2ec6u3/9013785580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cashofferoregon.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160829b482adca---makibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://workprohealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f3422d1bcf---32288255126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ssaisarang.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79696518104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=dsm+5+pdf+2019+completo+espa%C3%B1olPDF 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_off0000c992.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC992 18408 bytes
SHA-256: c21423e2ce814e4471ade87245f6e840c28ccfb6c2444ce19c26b6e79a40f36c
font_01_sfnt_off0000f885.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF885 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001109c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1109C 11288 bytes
SHA-256: e95411cc219f18037bbeb332f327e69ceb9cd203c431dc572e469b2d4d41947c