Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d42f4c0b73662ec0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.8 KB Created: 2021-09-05 22:37:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 749596633fa5a022f22563d2a899079d SHA-1: 92ebdb308f2f0493cc6008b1de31da925f99ea25 SHA-256: d42f4c0b73662ec033816fbdb91aab9a4daf542b383095704a19fc6689f1a70b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was detected by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and flagged by an ML classifier, indicating malicious intent. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of these links and the overall detection score strongly suggest a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • 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://asigurareingermania.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ulhnd0d7q0alpi50qns5sm6fqs/59022714515.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://bbpartner.cz/userfiles/file/gozatuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://takarasushimn.com/userfiles/files/42442946833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topnotchimports.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lusunogogizuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flagrant-desir.com/userfiles/file/tabevod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.avenueroadadvertising.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e11eeccba4---60020211519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aiskreunion.com/clients/b/b4/b417c2091670ce0b0d78f4b231aea02c/File/41298735542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anthonyvienna.com/sites/default/files/file/65108225242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://opuntia.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/073ab6f4b1658742c1dfc69453b64b95/lebexererufepewexapiguzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodels.studio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dda234a3d25---gobifogar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://czus-lukasa.sk/userfiles/file/ruxaduxotit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.charroninc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a4a4664e3d317685a9bb9174df9f66fe/rijibufikegudubuzafisim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpishio1bet.net/contents//files/zagumitebimose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digidatadecolombia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dcd14adcdbd65b8f4a86dae9601d40cc/finokegubeniminuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mientaytourist.com/uploads/files/65017283751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humantouchtranslations.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160759b1846254---66817014644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://macphersonproperties.com/clients/876251/File/13660080466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://testplanet.nl/uploads/files/17492195941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.drop-lok.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb2bf7d8548---duxub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mcq-exambd.com/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31490563628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chocolatycakes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075f159a2dda---34166310952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ms02bet.com/contents//files/65946464885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://becro-plast.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160de69734ac11---87959916093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gyn-ordi.at/myPix/file/62789905761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homini.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160764e6142841---96613138076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=artritis+reumatoide+pdf+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_off0000dff9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFF9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f80b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF80B 18312 bytes
SHA-256: be39867a4b46c1e14a2a1bb24f20a77285b417c5c06456e467e830ae576a38f0
font_02_sfnt_off0001275d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1275D 11052 bytes
SHA-256: 08ad4200c3c48b8b4effa902ca4eeaf825a23af3e41c0febf39b1bf77d1248e8