Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ca42ac8d579d5c4a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

110.5 KB Created: 2021-08-08 11:24:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: d587464dc768b8794b449b64c8f3e2b6 SHA-1: 9ba97bdbb3527196ac208c7ef6cac1548b84262a SHA-256: ca42ac8d579d5c4a79f6135cb395c542a0160859c9b561adb114c48b1fbab228
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.001 User Execution: Malicious Link

The sample is a PDF document that displays a fake CAPTCHA or human verification prompt, likely to trick users into clicking malicious links. The document contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or link-farming scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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
  • Fake CAPTCHA / human verification prompt high SE_FAKE_CAPTCHA
    Document displays a fake CAPTCHA or human-verification prompt — used to trick users into running commands or pressing keyboard shortcuts
  • 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://www.andrecampbell.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8bc8bf102d0bdb48517ac229e632d737/93510543766.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://crystalnymph.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8f39d74c84e8739c1238d6549ff134db/lamevepatezivipetozemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.darrellstuckey.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6be3b4cc88---89750933127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://12shio5.com/contents//files/56404569090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adabaskimerkezi.com/upload/file/jilazotuxosupopebufinowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svenstavik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608149b0f217d---danusudatefurugolunufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abe-rdc.com/userfiles/file/sebawolijirikelasoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bistro-8.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cae20a8642161646b6f4db87ef1ee169/3095920562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuifan.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-28/20210528100819122197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchirierielicopter.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160808ba1cabb3---96670246262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cricalliance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cbce178a70---94312065779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnhhgj.com/upfiles/userfiles/file/59260018573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.yoursurveysurveyors.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fbbfb14f032---bikonipujuzub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://healthywithhart.com/res/file/3986627790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://completecollegestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/89b0678eaa7b400b824c7ad96233a104/jukonamenesosubeminunezip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://centar-znr-zop.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096c3b3f313f---60420243181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oneremote.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0d831e7a24772d679d315f8a189281b5/keseg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musiconthebay.org/clients/2/26/269dd5bc96e197da989a8dccc71442af/File/36507934026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gingerwooddesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdefaf4c38a---96328586431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.otevrenysklep.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7883764366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ausafe.net/images/art/files/gunetilexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pfgpartners.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d33a2ad8151---60999417961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actorconseil.com/files/file/rutumejanoravawukal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=to+kill+a+mockingbird+mrs+dubose+courage+quotesPDF 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_off00014821.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14821 11156 bytes
SHA-256: 182b8e4b67f16faa07c60e5cc3abb87ede1c8bdededd2bdce170bcfbce3089c5
font_01_sfnt_off000161b5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x161B5 17888 bytes
SHA-256: 227976348160003eda48ed60ddea09776817d49c9ac46617a2a91e67b1c436a9
font_02_sfnt_off000190cd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x190CD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1