Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e42e98704cd8d67c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.6 KB Created: 2021-06-27 04:29:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: acc041c58339ec37f0db9eb0343fea38 SHA-1: d755695ab69207fe74cb3285e7d8af74c4d83af2 SHA-256: e42e98704cd8d67c02bd4fbc1499316763b71397916c03ac2f5d22ea99c38bfe
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm. The primary goal appears to be directing users to potentially harmful external sites, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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 http://21cedu.com/pds/userfiles/files/60310842279.pdf
    • https://www.caesarstravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c27485bc5ce---patexaxekisizolol.pdf
    • https://creativesilhouettes.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071855fdb46a---juvikabixitu.pdf
    • https://global-brand.net/userfiles/files/7768915896.pdf
    • https://husvagnsexpo.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099a6d81597d---vebobudulijab.pdf
    • http://bitite.lv/media/txt/122/file/suvubirajifonutoza.pdf
    • http://seoulsquare.com/userfiles/file/muberepawok.pdf
    • https://functionalmovement.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ee19e3fd730c15e711bf1d386a029eb/lopatijipatasufaw.pdf
    • https://agrotehholding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/67a01bd1d44c5e820ef554881d1d2fac/pevokotazapozejorivipu.pdf
    • https://marblobaths.com/app/webroot/img/files/84325610484.pdf
    • https://www.partyshuttlebus.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160949c5e8f01f---66996144079.pdf
    • http://www.maarsehoveniers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca6f6b64ee---34428969190.pdf
    • http://hgbs.de/userfiles/file/jobijuroxikizakufezat.pdf
    • http://sillajen.com/fckeditor/_upload/file/zemimafaxemolow.pdf
    • http://adoriantarla.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073acdfc1281---30414934146.pdf
    • https://luxartparquet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ace4113369c814181b861dc5517b84ac/fiduwanerugiwoz.pdf
    • https://rybczewice.pl/userfiles/file/kibafetowumumajabawomefo.pdf
    • http://heilpraxis-pankow.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad427e2d2bc---vatumezekodivem.pdf
    • https://sport-jicin.cz/dokumenty/93248766118.pdf
    • http://discoveryenglish.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cd2db09c833---95137201609.pdf
    • http://easyreturn.store/userfiles/file/pifepudizifagekel.pdf
    • https://actaviaserica.org/board/file/files/mujadekekuxivebibuli.pdf
    • http://tetobox-budapest.hu/uploads/files/87319484624.pdf
    • http://pogotowienaukowe.com/Upload/file/33527444079.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=unit+test+and+integration+test+difference
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f0c3.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0C3 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000108d5.bin
776901ed2012c218efac1924d5a843019c2a0216de9cfbe656355aa68e0ac962
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108D5 16972 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000134c0.bin
8f5166c4581a024a82d40602e548d193892019a15fabd04c0e6a579de6adb781
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x134C0 10612 bytes