Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b42df32a10cb619d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.4 KB Created: 2021-08-08 12:45:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: b79e9095998c376fd8776289f7eccde5 SHA-1: f65cd0849ee70719a2c6876b753092b15a7468dc SHA-256: b42df32a10cb619d55527b1d7d8abea43125c0a9638697aba8b20d72bc7ee8eb
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple websites, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress installations hosting PDF files. The presence of a download button lure and the ML classifier's high confidence score, along with ClamAV detection as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan, strongly indicate a phishing or malware distribution attempt. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure suggests a malicious workflow designed to trick users into downloading further content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9989

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://brylka-kfz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608db5cf6cc2d---38956469588.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://letresorellebio.it/userfiles/files/bepifuzogumolitosafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aftaplan.com/works/peepsparty/html/upload_files/file/76396004523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mesotects.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609676116dbad---45367073013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.xpresswedding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cdbf7aa4896---11578388378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o0295ivsrbjj34vd6jq9obc303/javixuxesedaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamiuniquelimo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094d4b536421---78682725474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pepinieramontana.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pevalixokodusokugepiwuto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jimenez-casquet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092460ef0821---tisolujokemiwalasabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verkoop-je-wagen.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8c1bab5300---bugewezufut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.penyembuhanholistikreiki.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fa4d710234---benesujajivibikolixupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://excore.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2403183985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c2eeffc76971b5ceee00b3b5fd08c3e5/23876372069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shinyjewellers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/akd2v40coeo9487u3roiq5nkm5/4010073775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archidaldegan.eu/userfiles/files/41261418247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oprfhs70.com/clients/879438/File/delogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lerong.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e5b030f83f416a61d79d4e69748cc49/mugomojofivukovuvipupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ngor2-3.com/file_media/file_image/file/9449947105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uvhk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080c7e60ae87---bexivexiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hit-education.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mp50pfdnecchlojh3qs5vhfdep/23917109517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wsystem.sk/userfiles/files/52951028470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drshapard.com/clients/73598/File/moxonupajopukabinuxebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marthatrotts.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160700a2a4c6a8---2697815536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkhighclassof60.com/clients/871169/File/17696154287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=download+autocad+free+trial+2019PDF 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_off0000ff0a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF0A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001171c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1171C 25172 bytes
SHA-256: ce73dab8916d5621f573e44dda42dd20d287473596dd138ffcc9320b52004563
font_02_sfnt_off000155f3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x155F3 10952 bytes
SHA-256: 846d43192fe66c8f876d1472a53544c87662e9c8d16409f3eded353642152bc4