Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fc42211f9eaa24bb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.3 KB Created: 2021-09-20 06:27:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: ac59e6fe9655024825ea056b8d8af411 SHA-1: 63eaf4aba67748fc4a3db814351e987066cf5d70 SHA-256: fc42211f9eaa24bb586a557eeafbbe25f890eddd3fcd56c638c3a70fa03e05ab
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. This suggests the document is designed as a lure, likely for phishing or to download further malicious content. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' strongly supports this malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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 https://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=best+free+android+system+cleaner
    • http://artmetinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f61de39340---69780811953.pdf
    • http://cristal-in.fr/userfiles/file/riwubefinujewilesisez.pdf
    • http://turinhotelcompany.com/userfiles/files/87605355576.pdf
    • https://lisacutler.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b50689c923---pibakebupubulusipawamifa.pdf
    • http://siamsnail.com/media/userfiles/files/20460595612.pdf
    • https://relleno-acidohialuronico.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3a35a0241c9f9a5895778f8a4d49f3fb/dilajupugimaserige.pdf
    • http://sccsfz.org/upload/2021-09/61450071968.pdf
    • https://tomorrowhubs.com/upload/users/files/69999635025.pdf
    • http://steclotildehorton.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ca33fdbf2d---butokukirixovibimujiba.pdf
    • https://detmers-kontejner.hr/files/16293082239.pdf
    • http://www.oiseaubleu-promo.fr/userfiles/file/robufitaloxage.pdf
    • http://shipagents.nl/uploadfiles/file/7342692997.pdf
    • http://maxitelt.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161342ce844088---90961113134.pdf
    • https://prettygreekvillas.com/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectofile/vovajugovenepu.pdf
    • https://bczenekar.hu/files/file/48758243156.pdf
    • https://carcable-bg.com/uploads/pictures/files/pinulokodexuk.pdf
    • http://gasthaus-steinkirchen.de/img/editor/file/jariwuxesedupeked.pdf
    • http://bochkari24.ru/pic/file/mujonowomebomopatodinif.pdf
    • http://kerrya.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67041130590.pdf
    • https://europawindow.com/app/webroot/img/main_content/files/82840718341.pdf
    • http://renknh.com/ckupload/files/rosipix.pdf
    • http://casadiriposomarsala.it/userfiles/files/7405512579.pdf
    • http://www.martiusstaden.org.br/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17860962161.pdf
    • 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_off0000d7f3.bin
b6170da5673521abdc3066d660d5cf0fcabe94cbc8776633e71080be16622cfe
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD7F3 17824 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010660.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10660 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011e77.bin
e82b52ac6339818c8cad315179046279d0f59b1bf4f83dc0ce4822015dda18e9
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E77 10804 bytes