Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 942bbe3156081c31…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.1 KB Created: 2021-09-05 17:17:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 536cf77ce7d443287c172b3b8ae76064 SHA-1: 8eaf5f88979be16b18b8bae90fd120410d6a0899 SHA-256: 942bbe3156081c3195fc53236df0b555e9000aa7697bc3ea1154715e208c7ef0
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as a phishing trojan and by an ML classifier as malicious. It contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users. The primary attack pattern involves directing users to external, potentially malicious, URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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 http://elektrostroy.kz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97249515189.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f24e3a56567da5b06d5cecdd29954326/16083910494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaaglcftt5alesfkk7f.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cd5d43e8818143a47e444b9bcf0535c3/gimawag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irvine.songhakbbq.com/uploads/files/32025566474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://graphicyazd.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nesitexanodowuwejezibud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bilbox.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/54e3cad0533e2381c699b4c812241b1c/jaruvewosezejobevekipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foto-klub.dk/userfiles/file/85057578444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myucmas.com/userfiles/file/42021084237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vandiestbrandstoffen.be/uploads/files/pilopufiwiranotutufuzizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wuchem.com/upload/files/81132208138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canhtoanland.com/upload/files/9061985376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gintaras.cz/userfiles/file/fivoparimijizidor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hagelkonzept.de/userfiles/file/mabaruzop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yokohama-model.com/userfiles/files/lunupamuwabumevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gerastar.com/userfiles/file/tujopelawusijore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baaningdoi.com/file_media/file_image/file/66807013960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remontnoedelo.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098391e226f4---rabep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pointcookelectrician.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f08475684ad---35527424557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adepotcustom.com/UploadFiles/file/20210727030055194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autosofortkauf.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9nmdp55fcapgrqn1hu6bvopcrv/tidewutazewagizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://militarynetwork.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d2bb060c00---97439823845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biomedchita.ru/imeg_master/file/ludixozovafoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conomiya.com/images/uploadedimages/file/zebewal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uts.edu.co/portal/app/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98688512318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjeclinic.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77045367651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/892fd942efbef2dd6e712815ae830570/bemanozusupodom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://controlcert.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f7b59e47a6---gonarusatumamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conservationenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c8901cdce1---netisetatutarab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=themen+aktuell+1+arbeitsbuch+spanisch+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_off0000e947.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE947 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001015e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1015E 11112 bytes
SHA-256: b4e1e4da06eea29af75b2277fb111fc658c4a9f94c1f6f777098e6202c39598d
font_02_sfnt_off00011add.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11ADD 22924 bytes
SHA-256: 56810663d0e3c008c4f884bc3e747525ea8b0d59af8aab4aeab83805c1f966aa