Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d042b293ca850f61…

MALICIOUS

PDF

105.9 KB Created: 2021-07-19 03:27:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 7a72d9b5d52418f9d013d53cd10dadcc SHA-1: 801f96cc17292bef1fe9b2c4dbdc7d9eda84549c SHA-256: d042b293ca850f61bc520926c3457324d8dfbd36ced7f60f6d71d2a1f15a5cb9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of an attempt to exploit users by directing them to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9935

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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://kindervakantieweekdeurne.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160715d02a386e---tifojapowizokobedatojag.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.laterveer-biesenbeek.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42678269910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hengtaixin.com/HangShun/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6928225306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://funkydrop.shop/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e286af6c2dc65739bdfa216a1b8cc575/buwolopimazapanujumuvaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://simovi.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2658617060---17089632071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://az4group.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfbe2b255f7---76139654076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://co-wemart.com/careeruserfiles/file/2464220225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noukos.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3afb75ad75---dugarujelusodigaxivopika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dollreunion2020.com/clients/4/43/4392dc7a9e9236654a628da0af121bbb/File/76234924907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://birzebbugastpetersfc.com/files/file/49221044345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.qookspot.kitchen/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609410f21c14e---baduledubewavukijogeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diedacorporation.net/freesiafiles/file/3908108355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://splogservice.ru/content/file/dazunuruvivevaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.awakohchang.com/image/upload/File/ejogevaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://socialchangefactory.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/75176387da05d4df24851b7b3ac162c4/40482932629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jfkanacon.org/data/userfiles/files/50758009558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sayurmateng.com/contents//files/sasigaxigavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.idahomedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e6f631276612cf128ac5cc797c2a61d/dijitulimuvopor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://directprocessors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f4985794181---22622118566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://araonline.hu/uploads/file/jajowolukovaluvap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://labcoop-jsc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u4ngkssv2jnnjof5j53uaps37v/jobap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ansatrans.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/badokomefajijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fmpride.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7e2d2cdb537da541a49faca4decc8ee4/82582516447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alemotta.com/resources/original/file/41192107069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=small+tear+in+quad+musclePDF 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_off00013cb5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13CB5 17536 bytes
SHA-256: 5e7949ea254886eaa0778e75967053f26a080a2486dd6334c26db3286791a54e
font_01_sfnt_off00016a1a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16A1A 10732 bytes
SHA-256: 2a2afa27a986b1eec2514fa8a6593db3c162f560cb147a6a157bba3a6641a629
font_02_sfnt_off0001827c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1827C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1