Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 42e8504e5d462d27…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.5 KB Created: 2021-09-05 06:25:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 6e7fb024fea9360cc19e03e74777e478 SHA-1: 5e28fca7161fc8adb41243605e2b092a689b6dd8 SHA-256: 42e8504e5d462d2728a33708a650058932a83cf13e736cd36fb723a124a0c885
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and presents a deceptive download button. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=best+pdf+annotation+software+for+mac PDF link annotation
    • http://alexandersorokolaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/64399896465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fantasypartyentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b72dd3f14e---fezexogerijesimokesom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuadernos.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ead09dc94b---wunogodotolejozozenabiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dukeofmarshall.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tizojebuvoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://toskov-yordanov.com/userfiles/file/20844464399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://johncarroll1967.com/clients/1/18/1896e795ecc2602204d707ec4e69586f/File/retogojij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diarch.in/WYSIWYGImage/file/zezobixalalavilap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aranykoronakft.hu/userfiles/file/8191571698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zionhillfirstbaptistchurch.com/clients/73368/File/63758586166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://isgsrl.it/images/file/zavos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.florentmaussion.net/userfiles/File/43795035754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coreaad.com/DreamDataUpload/file/gafusanefelibalaxipap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://papiratisk.cz/soubory/rufixer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://samrayburnclassof1980reunion.com/clients/873185/File/31617665921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lotuscourtpune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/si2r698u64lslb52mta5h72014/fenixasad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://businessincasey.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/divodakozavem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://norilskgu.ru/userfiles/file/84133345068.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchirierielicopter.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fcf33d589f---94281375287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://czechdidgeridoo.com/admin/upload/file/puvap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hai-bi.com/uploads/files/202108211812038075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rec39.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/80d719b7c6023cc27e0710fe966425d5/jabexugitokofugikumem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grdr.org/paidel/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nadunezegisowifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baiduvpn.com/upload/files/nafalev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frasertechno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16117d1c190ce1---zeduxuremixu.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_off0000e34e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE34E 17476 bytes
SHA-256: 20f0dd1302ac1b5f7ed0e9d57a0daf56caf16542d398c235adcfc9c0d40e897f
font_01_sfnt_off000110fb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110FB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012912.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12912 10872 bytes
SHA-256: 6d0f01415d28d696719cad3e284b176ab601487c0f29b67f60a551679ec357aa