Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 42eee487c279c6e3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.1 KB Created: 2021-07-16 01:29:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: be9056307e181e7369743a25b44adb3c SHA-1: 2db374367ac29affc7a4ffd8413b44c3979929f0 SHA-256: 42eee487c279c6e373ee7e54ce472d796d775f83106b4fac7208c9fde82342b2
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and embedded URLs point to a malicious document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=5.7+cm+to+mm PDF link annotation
    • https://www.kunapak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ssim61sp3qm84d6g3l9nghmd61/14949190294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abacusnancy.com/userfiles/file/kibidujotawebolob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vasilii-orlov.fun/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2d35c8fa33d9b4f853d93245a1594dbb/3083389567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lowdoc-loans.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d32d32ddf66---wegarenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.corridar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kk7avscsiosl5m62udva5h5jah/fetibin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salkim.com/userfiles/file/mokejudivoledivoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cdscabling.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160add671132e0---vivemapovepexurapijifasad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sad-azov.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c67e8a8d74340e014bf19cc4812d2c34/28683748695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amfmeg.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a95b0b7efb---60683805204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuzvedo.hu/elemek/file/6197784167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://impactpluslearning.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81887560555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hotel-margherita.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcf20f47aa7---borinanegedirinuwuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ladychief.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/171e4780dadb6f16c9aa668801167d00/risagazuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cullinanconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fhs47c95130n81hp525ameqmg9/fixewowabijadaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elitestrategyglobal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de708b4b057ec2f3d0037cc88ab271c6/vabiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pratiklinik.com/img/userfiles/files/tufugezikawirubiwut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://al-bandak.com/userfiles/file/9816833743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zamokugrofa.sk/admin/fckeditor/file/bakewadejuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suamayin.biz/userfiles/file/pijonidozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sir.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607518ef07439---fimavaxeseluwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://markzone.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8mq9pn79rdpust1qege8fvshli/88081685669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.appsolutely.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c34c96ca5f---13124086820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cloverpark1959.com/clients/51168/File/fijapuduwoditozopemoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7t2l1guuaj57bdfllos6u2ppk2/vetarewosokekejiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ukmalayalamnews.com/userfiles/file/69413527879.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_off0000bec6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBEC6 9740 bytes
SHA-256: 349135aa10dd68d65353df13bea00a8a2289184843ae85ded2034bc6f89cce24
font_01_sfnt_off0000d41b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD41B 16572 bytes
SHA-256: 7fa396b4c9cb6d3efd67bcac46a8d3c9500b2fd1aea6cf319a3383faa2e7e3bd
font_02_sfnt_off0000ff3f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF3F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1