Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 42fb82dffa909feb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.6 KB Created: 2021-09-06 23:18:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: a50c25f05cfb0ae15ddd70a039a923a9 SHA-1: 4922921271438d5876ebe1cfa7eb9af406c73526 SHA-256: 42fb82dffa909feb65f7a8c846fe1b047031d897587c59a39130f3ef4f15e1aa
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, 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 URI patterns are indicative of a malicious document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

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
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://coimbra.hu/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33347408497.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.ferienhof-schneider.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b38f230daa0---63309888881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hieuchuan.com/upload/files/97265568442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://galettedesrois.hu/userfiles/file/pilipugusakuworijetosejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rydalmereprestige.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eenf4l26e81qgdqf9ephscct74/taxejumavumifilimunozib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wenxuezj.com/images/File/32738552575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.predoisiasociatii.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072ded32ba16---sedixuruvaxugisozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinojjacob.com/userfiles/file/xezuzurepob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cosalesrep.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3bca2b77002ce784abd9b80f33a6c1b9/zolusogamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://willtorock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f364c9aa2a4---rixud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bayernglobal.de/userVZ/file/wixenezufizexajegukunikuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://best-turbos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d9184c688d80fb02ea8ed58e2e149298/53998113266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mariellatriolo.it/public/file/50362715663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eletmodguru.hu/files/files/76898699279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://porterbrothersltd.com/app/webroot/uploads/tikiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swapnauraan.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fozibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moveisgarciadigital.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a26c22e20c0---jodidepazavorunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.paparazzirestaurant.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d8a7398d01348513572852bb21050bf/konusulizobevufel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://provisionsinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cbe5f3f73a---23624967531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c2c5d85aa3e3ae4a7539660317422b0/gopinevenunelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nocenzura.space/web/img/podborky/files/74355824178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accronline.com/userfiles/file/81984956292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fashionflutters.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wekagumovurijegafig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trekkingsapatours.com/upload/files/dizalivopikegodet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://140.121.125.49/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210810_181014.pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://infravoip.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ca87777c052a322b77ca42211087edbf/17545466821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=uranium+decay+series+pdfPDF 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_off0000c8d5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC8D5 10740 bytes
SHA-256: 3979977dce64b12e5052d91036198285d3ffcfd46d04746e938b47ca70b3aa60
font_01_sfnt_off0000e171.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE171 19332 bytes
SHA-256: 5220e6321072a4ba52b48483c39a6a3bf8fa0479868e67c56697fa49b7e70f02
font_02_sfnt_off000114ca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114CA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1