Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a42995b2e4e2235d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.0 KB Created: 2021-07-15 20:14:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 77a159f6488c2807854d93c9bdb8f932 SHA-1: 80b69883b587a6614752aef02543999a3b2584a8 SHA-256: a42995b2e4e2235d7cfe20c4004b0784b51266ed00c47d0ce875ae920911d904
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing sites or download further malicious content. The presence of embedded JavaScript (T1059.007) suggests an attempt to execute malicious code within the user's browser.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9848

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=can+you+use+nail+clippers+on+a+dog PDF link annotation
    • https://rmdschoolandcollege.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b2rtnbm9q9u4um7r0nuds9slu0/wivipunegopukajiled.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.publicitymailing.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b070b5cce51---gunotonowaxev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://swaminarayangm.org/userfiles/file/fudesutixitizubobufulik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://popcouncilinstitute.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c3e9e6ae56846c64577049598e0cf14a/pavilonorepewidefimat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aygroupmuh.com/image/files/27557683238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://patriot.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4rlas8eg0bnq3cu99mgs4ca6av/xobadeneruvugevobekilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reaga.net/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lefigaxazeluxowuluwekinux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bevillelecomte.ovh/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vopevizafikewikemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cargobull.cz/res/file/91014140453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vienkiemis.lt/app/webroot/uploads/userfiles/files/25688935679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.projectorrentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a75493afe27---26771229133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karavanlakesfet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ce83c00fbb0aef9c6c67b80a0ca073b/37737151516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thejasmineway.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m271b92vjua1q7gtlkm22e9cpk/kinusebit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ballestermultiservicios.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c055755e121---wotivuxamasajusofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pendekaremas.com/contents//files/zazotomemux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mobydick-band.de/fckdata/file/73231298292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uat.ideadunes.com/projects/ideadunes-portfolio-site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e311d63f6c---wutatexanamolokopuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tramtron.vn/uploads/files/files/13908219903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sjar-tech.com/uploadfile/file///2021051820094348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bocghebinhduong.com/media/ftp/file/66981398333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chauphongasia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m2s6avoshtj3ii5dlg381jo5qa/64458001634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fibaquitaine.fr/cebatrama/userfiles/files/24862147109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goddesshair.net/upload/users/files/82353113414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smarttactic.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608205c61c4cb---mujijiwomataboxewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laneopx.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ece8fb6f27---14265258011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bbmeti.it/userfiles/files/55715974383.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_off0000ed24.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED24 16980 bytes
SHA-256: a71189368998baf0fe1d8eb2c2711bc4cbb4818a719f1bc4bfc08f000838b494
font_01_sfnt_off000119a0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119A0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000131b7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x131B7 10836 bytes
SHA-256: ecb872206953693fe89f23c94e448cfea1a9b3d43c34769f004f0ea15f0d1bdd