Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 942d0a2dc4242d60…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.5 KB Created: 2021-06-27 10:22:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: b4d5ee533fc55fcf2e43b6fb4fb69699 SHA-1: a73caee9f298ab23cf77409c6f0a71ead7d41ea5 SHA-256: 942d0a2dc4242d60ee8d2c633b57f72fd755227bd9313231fbcf503e9269cb50
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to various domains, many of which are hosted on disposable or compromised infrastructure, indicating a link farm for SEO manipulation or phishing. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery via these external links. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself facilitates the attack pattern.

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://aroma-es.site/yamituki-n/uploads/files/sawojaxapozovege.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://rocksoliddesigns.biz/userfiles/file/58754470544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aberdeeneyes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608141febf6c8---kojokikovojunilodana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ausafe.net/images/art/files/wovajuxurenurakolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bbpartner.cz/userfiles/file/winalaxovafogodejodegib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkagenap.com/contents//files/susurexuxumovonipus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hydro-tg.pro/upload/file/zinafupuxovakuvewisumij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asustainable.com/global/file/58182570367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gsccn.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090efd8bbaf7---piluwawitarawipado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pet-fashion.ro/mm/file/bekinofujezepum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bbensonmft.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/abc09d55dde42dbfe94eff7498ff58ef/86406652284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://calldidocta.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/408afad2b18e0a3ad2e64052e85b968f/sutulado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ehblending.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ab86c8eddfead92080b2187ec56fd67/652177452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yourtuscanyguide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/83u2ru9uo24gc1rt1rqnj1v4s3/2242782671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aadhar-interior.com/userfiles/file/57060975983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chesapeake-lighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f8e81bbce6ab24466a8654fee3902783/87381251451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yourtuscanyguide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/djn2cr8j2n9ld4iftp06fh64a0/ponepelomixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bruceautoservice.com/files/file/75888131817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discarga.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608159bf37a8e---zopume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qhs1978.com/clients/d/dd/dd8db5a278a7ad55a2ada34b8e38ebcc/File/83815706011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aircond.md/upload_fck/file/nutaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cfo-search.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b340275df92---18083973089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diversified-nj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1694884908dc4464f2b3c4218efbacbe/setegoboxefatezibalejose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jdbailbonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bb5da3be5ef8c02340d3e586c39cd1e8/sajotumokebobuduramok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://instalacje-elektryczne.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kurerupofixizinefifatefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naturabliskociebie.pl/userfiles/file/pinupetiwosuwisipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahdongjiu.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-1/20210501211944721563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sevgiliyevideo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e8e7a70a00---55525565165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=easy+piano+songs+chords+for+beginnersPDF 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_off0000ebe8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBE8 17824 bytes
SHA-256: 0a8125d8912dac09365750dae80f80b89e80e61b0bfb644c31dad7db73cee6d2
font_01_sfnt_off00011b30.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B30 10992 bytes
SHA-256: 1e5528245b01c686fbfb727633223c91cf2f4bb2083a01848e42eeed2edf997a
font_02_sfnt_off0001343c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1343C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1