Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 04afcdaa8ec64580…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.1 KB Created: 2021-07-04 18:04:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 3878d05712fdaddbf6cfbe11cab1cee5 SHA-1: 0eceab52e29cf3f1aa13f2f53284a19d3188993b SHA-256: 04afcdaa8ec645802901113b3d0ff02fedae04e84812e269144f9c889bb6726e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9963

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=pitman+shorthand+dictionary+pdf+free+download
    • http://casier-a-bouteilles.com/file/83974984754.pdf
    • http://pocatellocampfire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ladrd1kihpm30o58k3e2ksbk2g/98969393997.pdf
    • https://baohohoanglong.com/userfiles/file/2611778093.pdf
    • https://aquaticlandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a7d7e4a05f---gumemi.pdf
    • http://alvasari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c197f49d3d3---keriso.pdf
    • http://myxroad.com/upload/userfiles/file///2443834026.pdf
    • http://liburnia.pl/userfiles/file/zewivizibasif.pdf
    • http://purpledoorchurch.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc292bd98a---bexamim.pdf
    • http://melissajacksonmd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160773ceb8482b---kokuwilurodimamanojul.pdf
    • https://advancedbusiness.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b8b7095f32fef1a8b9b2a0e46c5bf920/vizodiwajav.pdf
    • http://bogelaipigeon.com/upload/file/goxolonevenifato.pdf
    • https://profipreklady.cz/www/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66661697615.pdf
    • https://mattweidnerlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e0967de6970---zeropidajotuzuligo.pdf
    • http://madonnina.info/userfiles/files/39729559495.pdf
    • https://www.propertyfilevault.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bd5781432fd72f95090dfae7e9c7d7a4/12813396222.pdf
    • http://www.shipsupply.co.mz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607045504b74b---vasibalojibogotulipaxu.pdf
    • https://jnfarley.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rg3h70hu9oi4tm2v36mp23rdd4/kebezabuzonitozobed.pdf
    • http://sazjah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b82dfab0d97---43972112038.pdf
    • http://argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aff24j8do9sm3oc0kpi2s7lia8/getibi.pdf
    • https://apc-algercentre.dz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23080806013.pdf
    • http://seoulmenu.com/uploads/files/kemitimuzuzunufeg.pdf
    • http://shqinze.net/admin/upimg/file///51282197809.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_off0000bac3.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBAC3 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000d2d5.bin
f4ed39124ac41525539330761bcfb0fc2b7938de1f6c10fb791c0ffb904f97e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD2D5 16424 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000fd80.bin
fa684836f8f156f9b7869228436e35d51a0d85f3059881500dd15cf374041340
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD80 11088 bytes