Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a42f571a9ad7016f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.7 KB Created: 2021-06-27 20:56:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 40862e6488ea63dbcc79ad94de1c65e2 SHA-1: 1b88507cc769049d9f24c9b59070ad2156866e62 SHA-256: a42f571a9ad7016f93c62f1bdab796c898e5ee3d0b3f3ac7c62dafce7671efaa
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised WordPress installations, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of multiple compromised CMS upload links points to a distribution mechanism.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9992

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://whiteelephant.co.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ce9e55d92330d50b970a221dfd477aa/55601142405.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://barrarioservicos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2e505cbfd4---35900318293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://happyhanool.com/ckupload/files/vakexivoros.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankreich-ferien.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6751260aa3---77324386415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.franklinwebdesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a37b4b81ca8---53911895086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teenmag.cz/userfiles/file/mozorewokavipasifozoru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lenoir-elec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/66n10dtfmtfm2qv4n0dgu3g72i/71649929902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dochoiotovn.com/uploads/userfiles/file/lejil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ffnlougfav5tc5nq9f20uak9qi/13568927798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marvistasales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/311d599ef98122003d7d56be79d9e9bf/33026764581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawcab.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a469b22a34---22736228195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://castrolmintabolt.hu/images/upload/file/soguvepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.festivalmarrakech.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd770f2cc05---fisedewubovedamil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkwestresidences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5cdb91b828---16114341487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medicinasolidale.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f261070cb85b837a6feb541810b5b43/vakafafigiruteje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beiks.info/public/file/fagubaninopopedugogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://speeddating.lt/speeddating/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46604765477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://faxik.online/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25459267675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apparel.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2c298557136d89333380ff5315ac3570/748819063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://countrysquirefoods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b10f186456---wakejejibiruferixeteleko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=1+tsp+to+dropsPDF 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_off0000e15d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE15D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f96f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF96F 16612 bytes
SHA-256: f91dec6384449227b1dae359336c57a364ba440e1764eaf7a2669fa9ce930bef
font_02_sfnt_off00012480.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12480 9804 bytes
SHA-256: 4f5ed0874b498704eede4d122e56690771eb93996f13c0b6a47e8f75dc22188c