Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f42cf26410402bf2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.3 KB Created: 2021-09-12 00:01:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 6a5cb55aa25e2d049c8c775a3be993e8 SHA-1: e4ce1da0469f6623c06b940ac4ea25a8994c30d6 SHA-256: f42cf26410402bf2d248ef2afb95850ca35350e1a0df04d3878202c730e040eb
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs that form a link farm, with several pointing to compromised CMS uploads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution by redirecting users through these links. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code within the PDF viewer.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9963

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
  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://studioarclab.eu/userfiles/files/fomovedevadudoriwux.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://rigassprotes.lv/uploadz/file/fopidiliretivomajamosaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sv-fin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ec5aa2ecb8d87b46d159f2de6f04a9b0/neragane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orsini-blasioli.it/userfiles/files/52827750503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mtpartnersfl.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d19004d3fb---lirununabupavopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://africalegal.nl/userfiles/file/19728391644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://due.pt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pokujapanabetamuxugutupan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mcq.bmtinhoc.vn/InteriorWeb/images/images_news/files/94037660557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://le-lemniscus-incandescent.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/remelometogututibujij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gogift-it.com/userfiles/files/82024217063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arab-hams.com/Ups/files/98720791561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conniecorsentino.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/pojedako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137ae23a168a---xosutigalodaberatotenif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ch-bovi.com/upload/files/58204995300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.santabriganti.org/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70790988735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3q1p.com/upload/file/210905105316134501gstmn6t97hng.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://geniodelweb.com/file/vemosukuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mstreatmentadvances.com/userfiles/files/sifijoguxotibeko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chono.mn/uploads/userfiles/files/74084750704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jindatunnel.com/up_files/file/44892243373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yastudio.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e32da4bfe2f73aad17324f7f168953a/vedefewowotekuzexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elmawadah.com/userfiles/file/patomoxifeku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+get+free+server+boostsPDF 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_off0000bd72.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBD72 10268 bytes
SHA-256: 6baebc1e7090d0c713888c8490c7c01454c9a7f3a741fffed2230f9f3c738e8c
font_01_sfnt_off0000d4ba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD4BA 20116 bytes
SHA-256: 2ce70da3081d7c800a75d6ade04cf4bfe4979bfd5bf22620ed6dc1a882f2d0eb
font_02_sfnt_off00010814.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10814 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1