Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5c42aad7bd321164…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.6 KB Created: 2021-07-23 20:31:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: ebee2eb41e8274d76345191ea01a2ad3 SHA-1: f9aa10942ed1426d1f5f420cb3c581e828b22bb0 SHA-256: 5c42aad7bd321164b731debc305f1fcc56c7c6c814352ab87a1af3be7cc74d73
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final destination or leverage existing infrastructure. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9933

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 http://c2mag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b61d740be53---80345169578.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://psychotherapie-dr-albrecht.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160874fe9c3046---12246012350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mosconi.net/userfiles/file/19577575950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hylyt.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0886d03d170f8719dd1d297ff2c2c5e1/32743398410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungryalex.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hd16bk6nuru4g60ee6e9efpjkk/botojokupewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ncfouting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160944ed0978aa---42772452693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.highlandmetals.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b1a767371c---xunerimexodof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thepnguyentran.vn/media/ftp/file/5225960614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deedpoll.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ca3d5e2a7db54a04803012c36bfd984f/pewivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epoch-making.jp/js/upload/files/firezizutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rogierstoel.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k575le8vmouqsdlni5ct7i8jvf/61186091532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proff-doors.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5bdf24f5e4536aa0639c0c0866701fff/kimixirevegikisito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liyangah.com/Upload/file/95782390518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.guaitoli.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cb057b6601---41579323536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iltorg.ru/upload/file/82878401892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gaseg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r8u8k6jdnt0f45aj53emgc7kic/26978519692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agataklimowska.pl/userfiles/file/12921049233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://momsystem.ru/public/file/zelopeponali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motionslam.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a0c885c7b4b4ef5318b73e33c5384ab5/43568449053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--bren-mgenwil-gcbf.ch/sites/default/files/fck-uploads/file/divojonomewobunizese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dekleinewerf.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084e962891a2---takujamubuvanilezun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zav-mito.si/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160886cabd8368---31577531113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dhcom.vn/userfiles/file/31741035886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holzhaus-suedtirol.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090dca25467a---85124371926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=sadlier+oxford+progress+in+mathematics+grade+2+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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ccab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCCAB 17048 bytes
SHA-256: 327bed59531cd3f257b7f7db138d45163701f5a904d069cdfa29a6f29109ae39
font_01_sfnt_off0000f984.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF984 11364 bytes
SHA-256: 0829d5f7d71c458aed93563850f19ecf30b843eee5fc0d5030bd250b7a6ded4c
font_02_sfnt_off000113e7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113E7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off00012bf4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12BF4 1712 bytes
SHA-256: 186c3e2d8091d5dfbf1ed0f60f642698ee8bc123160a09f445a20398e7e12124