Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 942ee9eb66f5c542…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.5 KB Created: 2021-06-28 22:28:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 4cca6db8bf012d3d664f28a0c8cf0d28 SHA-1: 4e98c49e30914e2dffab2f50d17fb7456fdb7dfb SHA-256: 942ee9eb66f5c542e3d7d6a9c96dbd106dd4f13eb83132f869caf6f27252cf0a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to potentially compromised websites or disposable hosting, likely to lure users into clicking malicious links. The presence of multiple external URI heuristics and link farm indicators supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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 https://uniontend.com/userfiles/files/vavefovirutamire.pdf
    • https://adm.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1838d2b4fd99068b0851dcc710636263/90427731787.pdf
    • https://imapcb.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j55uljubilfm5to7s2c1bdjkv0/ribamejebafewajodive.pdf
    • http://woonhuislift.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fa0db85672---82589909262.pdf
    • https://goldenapp.net/file/nenux.pdf
    • https://www.advids.io/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ca94b6690f0---vomijew.pdf
    • http://daoltrading.com/userData/board/file/47426259897.pdf
    • https://mecaniquekd.ca/upload/file/19724841969.pdf
    • http://erictex.com/ufiles/files/wovukaxuxowenibawuvemuluf.pdf
    • http://hum-lucknow.org/test/fckeditor/file/58015583712.pdf
    • https://windsbs.biz/files/file/76783761601.pdf
    • https://www.adler-leitishofen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609834db9f227---vuwimuloj.pdf
    • http://www.shipsupply.co.mz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9820295ca0---44741056490.pdf
    • https://www.die-umzugsfabrik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160835fc18436d---wesifazebuvivixubifajesap.pdf
    • http://www.ambredore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609411fe950eb---lutifexesivuminokuw.pdf
    • http://makinsushi.com/uploads/files/73752827670.pdf
    • http://www.hotel-margherita.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6f70b206a6---24079006812.pdf
    • https://eatorhours.org/e-bussiness/fckimages/file/resifamelebiximevuwedole.pdf
    • http://kazenergy.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c4ae199305---pewoxetebotopejilewedadu.pdf
    • https://luxartparquet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/856dc5901d1fff495767b5517739d095/wevutefasaxexire.pdf
    • https://master.plus/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b7b0a8a1e0c579025625af09f4545179/91350290831.pdf
    • https://wurstfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7c2e7f8abcfab24143f1adf3e09d47ad/pafomifinufowetaf.pdf
    • https://www.projectorrentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160850f753e69c---35100681864.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=household+budget+planner+excel
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000eff8.bin
4793e42d8a77c37512e03ddda0c651dac21d93bf84e6f7501f269e530d250e97
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFF8 16744 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011bab.bin
77caafc07d377c54c107e116569ea3d2db8fac6658b7236997d30d3cbeea5ee2
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11BAB 11032 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000134e5.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x134E5 16792 bytes