Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 42eaecf32efce994…

MALICIOUS

PDF

107.9 KB Created: 2021-06-26 01:27:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: c16d03dd6ad07c11534d311bdfdf4680 SHA-1: e19e5f58172107a92095c19821f6b7d1d625bcf4 SHA-256: 42eaecf32efce994cccb6036517ccfcf0617427b15e82ab37f3caea4c0f6e95d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and an ML classifier indicated a high probability of maliciousness. Heuristics identified it as a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, with URLs containing UTM parameters suggesting tracking for phishing campaigns. The embedded URLs are likely used to redirect users to malicious sites for further exploitation.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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 https://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=bill+and+sookie+sex
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a22a369c7b7---nexuvapo.pdf
    • http://stroi-sistema.ru/img/96979422862.pdf
    • http://churchontherockuk.org/home/churchontherock1/public_html/userfiles/files/32587106081.pdf
    • http://bizwd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e16e9e86f8---novuvogigajiwi.pdf
    • http://daoltrading.com/userData/board/file/79503062381.pdf
    • http://centroolosprato.it/userfiles/files/58128862194.pdf
    • http://jp-cable.com/d/files/86221727735.pdf
    • https://clickkedai.com/userfiles/file/xitatusurojul.pdf
    • https://choiceenergynetwork.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a1fe2e717d0cf05b55a75a8669aae9a1/wasijobupanasusuvi.pdf
    • https://goactive.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/35f66b54612d4dbc8ddae1d1a7dd02e0/xememi.pdf
    • https://seroinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/98305a8977b9773961a49f6fda8c8d86/nutopakeligonoxa.pdf
    • https://www.gsccn.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab94212c18f---63760578948.pdf
    • http://erbilsunhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7da34t52s5re492vn17dek83a4/zomij.pdf
    • https://www.americansummercamps.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d964170ad5---burase.pdf
    • https://mkting.com.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9078d13fb8a40052d5e6049447866d9d/vuzul.pdf
    • https://sharzh-ufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8a479ae03c858e7fc3e0be9e2ec5c87f/2344852538.pdf
    • http://aksaaydinlatma.com/img/editor/image/file/tarigipibuvo.pdf
    • http://elonsummerstorage.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c64404221b5---18232167655.pdf
    • http://allmedicus.com/userfiles/file/tobevizawosakidedazulapis.pdf
    • https://iwnta.com/userfiles/file/80707924511.pdf
    • http://www.petersmetalstitching.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160842b8035c93---wikemij.pdf
    • http://visualpaint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0ae7255d7b---nozozixa.pdf
    • https://floorco.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aee3efd3a3767fe730dae266a5b8b8cf/wuvulariledisitidojuwivat.pdf
    • https://www.charityweiss.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606caf2e1417a---pujag.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00014448.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14448 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00015c5f.bin
a1f360c726b7984232c7582e2a5cc7c0dab5c27d9a755e8f01bd643afa968977
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15C5F 10288 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00017399.bin
cc9d56c6c69e0d80ae5a01847ccf8000ec8c19754c86aa864bed9a611d031f54
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17399 18080 bytes