Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 42ed15b803ab6b3e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

99.3 KB Created: 2021-09-02 10:19:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: f036f7e7f921524ed0c429aa15b9164e SHA-1: b3ac7f0726c1b2f970d9ea9f4da5441640d63d3f SHA-256: 42ed15b803ab6b3ea5e1b73964339efdc8f15730da9e54a7ca43007c60e17765
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the presence of numerous links on compromised domains and the high ML score point towards a malicious workflow.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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 http://actionelectric.pt/www/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160870fe652655---13110918195.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bmhs71.com/clients/c/c9/c97ff408e01126d63256cf68004d6641/File/383309243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mmagame.com/userfiles/file/mabalemarawirigilorew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zekidilektekstil.com/images_upload/files/3100381999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.eoluk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q5j1kjhthamu394k93nf3ku164/vazeguwinexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ayhancevik.com/images_upload/files/nekotawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stopasbestos.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e65f66a16b---24258265609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccswcd.com/userfiles/file/50647477238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medbillings.us/lightspeedweb1/file/jedetuzoziguzan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://office-agglo-larochelle.fr/userfiles/file/66038423502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lavalledesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bf1ac88ccd---topafikesiledelanut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://commune-bourre.com/userfiles/file/40512058435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nanodrywash.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adc699ef34e---vesuxunezabetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imbirimbir.ru/files/miwisinexakefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adaviestransportltd.com/userfiles/file/wirapuxalev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://internationalnetworksolutions.net/files/36266377046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novo-foto.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93101000529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://queuemanagementsystems.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16113a2f43c4ad---sazijotusenan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.whirlpool-beachcomber.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088571cd6015---61743712880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saftanton.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac119299538---44396384899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grupo-bahia-real-estate.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50392097199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://martybermanassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fb750e639a1fc3429d29c6af594b8202/jirijajiwajupovupavava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archissimo.eu/userfiles/files/tofowenileluxijalibil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banhangcongnghe.com/upload/FCK/file/perobelegutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://contabil-fiscal.ro/mm/file/65658538545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=mastering+unity+2d+game+development+pdf+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_off00011b51.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B51 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00013363.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13363 18732 bytes
SHA-256: c5716cda3623adc679f5eda6993d56e7b5cab80183ab025e782588b987836a3a
font_02_sfnt_off0001646c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1646C 11320 bytes
SHA-256: c768c2f693b8c4ff55b94bcd42070242bd5aeb5917ab0a60af8cd5eda48458e3