Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 42fd2e3e53555040…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.8 KB Created: 2021-07-22 01:05:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: ff9794b3972de937e006123ec6ae40af SHA-1: 7a2bca5341254286715dc54f405c9bf5ae057255 SHA-256: 42fd2e3e535550403ea996cfa04ad533a2773fb7de1c49781058a866fcbda1f5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or execution of further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://www.lenoir-elec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/62g8nsbvq2h4f1j9vo7apblts1/nagine.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://rolmech-strzelno.pl/Upload/file/veguzowebukegun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/be0b3f5a49e8f08e5585e6a6fc91e733/pumapulaxezoxejekozixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-uchebnici.com/img/file/89055014201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaifruits.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d07690f500---bisejiwor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sancarspune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/caee57d7e5b9b6d001dc37720a8f3cba/bovusulixotoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dom-nenilovo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e7b8321022cae24f24cc8b37a10500df/16090969264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeugdopdewetenschapsagenda.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae8c6a7574f---50876728537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://broadstripe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0253d6bcb7b09c513eff58b48475bf06/36208723621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.redactordecontenidos.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074986e28245---zaxitufatafewigel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://simmsfamilyreunion.com/clients/9/98/98d47f1658d09d39d77ba56043454c9c/File/zitigosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medicalalliedtraining.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a929e870905---xazuvupases.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hesexpo.com/img/editor/image/file/77501695860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelritariccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a40dff6fa7a---ruzegovuzowofexutepiwaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://box8websites.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30788066841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://securityguardsupply.com/php/uploads/file/90419171254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pfgpartners.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160780c3f06f5f---80146050361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ziva-muzika.cz/files/file/68609371831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.psalighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a0d77c0dfa2f126d2336c22f21f51e20/1013240316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uat.ideadunes.com/projects/ideadunes-portfolio-site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbedde6ae45---notavesujarodefol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://takeorders.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3j26o1je7nqhekrt5p2s6ih4u7/mozubeputozukorijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://montgomery71.com/clients/34132/File/53348817769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www2.grupoksl.com.br/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91706334475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=realistic+texture+pack+1.15PDF link annotation
    • http://kioskcondoweb.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e8b704cd3f---kegubemilinerodezuvep.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_off0000d82b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD82B 16852 bytes
SHA-256: 7f3ac4c6f55dba0c403686ed7f497781a1dea981ff64a5c9b9e0729e7c51a1a0
font_01_sfnt_off00010475.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10475 10736 bytes
SHA-256: 7b05763d491447010590fb248eb1b670b21af4bcc6c5ed7d3b390284994a48d9
font_02_sfnt_off00011d61.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D61 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1