Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a42df4bd2aed3dc2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.6 KB Created: 2021-08-06 19:07:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 5faeba41c53498c62466f30d4db7a66c SHA-1: a1039a9bb332d34811d798a72fd380a732090550 SHA-256: a42df4bd2aed3dc265bbd32e57c6fabcab9bdca6d775f76fa8954308ffc3dabd
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm directing to multiple URLs, with several hosted on compromised WordPress uploads, indicating a potential phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or delivering a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9905

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://aulacvn.com/upload/fck/file/gijewetedenu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://lushexperiences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079ea9a66555---podikuzopusele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tubietelbar.hu/uploadfile/23346906680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://netiko.ge/img/Data/file/22690108833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.unicodesystems.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/15028bvrni02mo59r9gba2l0q0/gudez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duetsepolno.pl/userfiles/file/vigexixemofizagipepazisaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://snabavto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a07b3bafb6b---momemesonuvijozidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vinisfarm.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ddc5826542613c88937bcfc1b97cc74b/mugano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dispomydeal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/768323f45a892ac104f16ea86f88b124/mewizavinajex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-range.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160df033a199dd---61863260132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotellemaritime.com/hotel/upload/files/lijinibor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acronimocostanzo.com/userfiles/file/wepirorekitamaxom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://braintreeclinics.com/app/webroot/img/files/dowavixazevamijavipog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hssipm.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f2bc43df626f29acb63709caf4508db4/54261412286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swift-tw.com/lcc/upload/files/71600459347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://penoplex24.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16103076364af7---nomavivedani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marsagri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c07c7d161e4---74410110385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://netinflux.net/userfiles/file/27416422906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.caslyn.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d154cbcbbf---78917048493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.limratechnologies.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096028ed7bd5---dugewevexogoxebarusuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://al-bandak.com/userfiles/file/mitoxukubumojidikediwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altelaw.com/uploads/image/file/zosutewevox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bititechnika.com/uploads/file/puzusimigolonulasakivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://connect.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/17cc2adcd22bb36ac0b9170948d58648/nuguburulemunaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elonsummerstorage.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608045cfea873---82145879110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://labelmarket.pl/data/file/bumisopes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reparaciondebomba.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/asivqre4q0a2vracuqufh9c2m2/momulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=different+tones+used+in+a+poemPDF 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_off0000f5b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5B8 10716 bytes
SHA-256: b54c385f06c11f66a45b52b7fb453f8ebaf63828f72aa09cac9de730780dfe22
font_01_sfnt_off00010e4d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E4D 17500 bytes
SHA-256: 03858a90f90d67432c874f56bc41a7387afff7c59828ca0aad0b9edbdf40e387
font_02_sfnt_off00013c1e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C1E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1