Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 42e1dd12edc4635a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.4 KB Created: 2021-09-08 17:51:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: ab7ecc7b320a02706cced69eda8fabab SHA-1: 2770c7a94bb9079c78acd5b086d2b1dac16f9fb3 SHA-256: 42e1dd12edc4635af3802d4719dca9a7f2ef3c1c8c4770e62ca2e783dd77b33f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, specifically as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple potentially compromised websites. The embedded URLs, such as http://for-rent-antwerp.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135701441b4a---42483416815.pdf, are hosted on disposable or compromised domains, suggesting an attempt to distribute malware or conduct phishing attacks.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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.kreasoft.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137741b834d8---83948093077.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://99shayari.in/userfiles/files/juronetotamobugoxokurefoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cebrigantina.com/025-CEB/images-editor/file/wemonerifiwesofaxar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tagsu.com/attachments/fckattachments/file/13527757323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://watosaphotography.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/20210908_000342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhnienxp.com/vietkiendo/upload/file/pidimemevezabinezigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lor-rostov.su/userfiles/files/lokuvonajeduvumuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longchimvac.net/app/webroot/uploads/files/87478383965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dpt-mh.com/uploads/news/files/19705197576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lucaslobker.com/minor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16815158674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1night2daytour.com/ckupload/files/faburada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-antwerp.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135701441b4a---42483416815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.primalegal.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/me4n9lqpm5od1b8frqc26acud1/rurafuvesawabovaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prestinieurope.com/userfiles/files/72496420415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipvoicenj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161374c1bd7485---30845611723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phamtrangia.site/upload/files/84780270019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cdsale.org.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vimoxixadeterowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvgrup.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161383fefc3c19---derewirizojulafujivusap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaztelcom.kz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30044738553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fratellifurloni.it/file/39674901566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rialta.ie/userfiles/files/rejumaxedanotatifixode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rebeccafantarchitetto.it/userfiles/files/38122106908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anctools.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nubage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cityface.cz/res/file/12586804163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=pdf+creator+24+portable+downloadPDF 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_off0000dc92.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC92 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f4a9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4A9 10780 bytes
SHA-256: c2bf1e77f2cbfca74c86305e76d021065c872fb64816db12daafd4e95b4f1878
font_02_sfnt_off00010d89.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D89 18632 bytes
SHA-256: 945d7a5c4e0b90668cb524edcdeb8248efadab8edc99e22c11c0e0dccdd26e70