Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f042bd4a3c20933b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.5 KB Created: 2021-07-20 11:02:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 9b9fed25206f86103b6a655665ef13b1 SHA-1: fa2ec3a39dfdff312fffacb52c6e1d352eecd01b SHA-256: f042bd4a3c20933b8ab737bb10550987449d6c606a71c837095d39d76324b485
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting it's part of a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely involving exploitation of PDF vulnerabilities to execute further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9929

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://co-wemart.com/careeruserfiles/file/80553266921.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://givemeit.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a046eb395d26edbd3fde13bff59c1c40/99594255044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://euro520.net/userfiles/file/16252398281954209388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinies.ru/img/lib/file/xotowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eduinfinite.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d42610f65047a53d6d98a0481152c3e6/paxubov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.combatsim.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072ce5183e5b---65286548825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wilsonbarrera.com/inicio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098eccfb8d28---26799588907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.wallisandemmanuel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d58716f09d---rizufomenexedixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarahscupcakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608633b2c2b8d---forovifijarat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.britocunhaadvocacia.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098d7ec013f9---59044430920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahdongjiu.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-1/20210501110356370129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bighost.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/jisekumezawemikofaduden.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawyerupsmart.com/tempimg/file/80923973396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://terravistahometeam.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/09b855013b20fd0529be2e7e34f81770/80340082988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yas-center.ru/userfiles/file/doxifomopizobore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.techsrollout.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160986fd8de4a2---dobitijixomolizuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouwenaaneensterkwerkgeversmerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608528d876c31---xexepulofanaduwomes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kraljicabih.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d1c7483868c---44210150519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiogalata.it/userfiles/files/fozon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://admonks.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/14d2405135aa3e88b03a39b7ea19a8f9/91712536775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchiriereelicopterromania.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e55f2c99cd1---powidep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dolphinegypt.net/userfiles/file/patetixolonerixukidutigur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lookupagency.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3306293a91---bojawiwebaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binhruamuinanobac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n11i0kfv5d9r76d07pqshik0tv/35886300582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blueridgelightingandcontrols.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f2dfe6a719acb0917c19dbd053ad5c11/zozosukovikuvezib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=english+assignment+for+class+1+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_off00011429.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11429 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00012c40.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C40 11104 bytes
SHA-256: 8736fda75ff10da684f3e745d904f7e31bfa36bf539dd0fc7c6df5abe112292b
font_02_sfnt_off000145bd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x145BD 18096 bytes
SHA-256: 5a81416160fadf3ac67482e57f889d1b4f4ba8a6168003331bceb47e1dff0893