Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c42b40b8c269d5f5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.9 KB Created: 2021-09-01 20:54:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 85129a1168a4e65f9ce77acf6a655fd9 SHA-1: 465c857334a1197303d68ec87a804ce0f214dbf4 SHA-256: c42b40b8c269d5f56d9935e12e68d4836066b070ba3741945157347c81992095
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF is identified as a phishing lure due to its small size, image-only content, and embedded links pointing to various domains, many of which appear to be compromised CMS uploads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and numerous external links suggest it's designed to redirect users to malicious sites, likely for credential harvesting or further payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9989

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 70 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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 http://ifaistos.reality.gr/~triantaf/images/file/77761953759.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sazjah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079b2e43b4be---bawesavakit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vudafrique.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2c502061ae5cf520dd29629315ab31e2/luburuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://donnasalon.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/31e03cd96c68a94a45a45edab765169f/gadarevilubedajuxowakukad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vinacomvietnam.vn/uploads/news_file/takakinawunosupepelidure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mya1fc.com/files/ckuploads/files/mabekanunuvobexirepati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kiuruvedenlukio.fi/tiedostot/file/kakode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regalcabs.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad474983e12---22146104925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-dolgoprudny.ru/upload_picture/file/vokox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gauravkankariya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lesmadqtcs5um90isou3sgnro1/wukiruridoriraxad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szpital-sulecin.pl/images/fckfiles/file/gujufitabomokobuxuxif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.greenfield-sustainability.com/images/files/56479012900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purebodycare.courses/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pdnumh8pmf58rn1dt5av5i59f8/rogafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pfgpartners.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160956b0c43240---5225025681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ciabrini-immobilier.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/prba7iacd0srphbd2cp6g5hkl5/mizaxunuviwaxexabejin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://efnnma.org/files/file/26143184728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clearlakesd.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160885d751bb6e---jeseke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grodgolf.com/clients/f/fd/fd83fa7079552abb47853a85229f74c1/File/79399938423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://booklandbooks.com/userfiles/file/mobajazatakudakuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akbmodel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d7bf9aa069e---loxuxosixesaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gancza.pl/userfiles/file/84898965705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vigo.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4a21d64267---54642723764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goodwynva.com/clients/d/de/de91e19d235d8a3764238851c6b73f99/File/56149181619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=add+two+pages+in+one+pdfPDF 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_off0000b9e2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB9E2 14144 bytes
SHA-256: f6fc5b8e105c5dceeaad1ecca8d0b46382fe77d3b2f8e38d443d6d8aa8f42e12
font_01_sfnt_off0000dd11.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD11 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f528.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF528 10592 bytes
SHA-256: 0eb24633e94f4a9c0e7ee730c20c36446b2454fffd5b2adaf1e906d76b1e5ea1