Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 05af2159adb0291c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.3 KB Created: 2021-07-14 08:26:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: a06e254db8cd83271e53d26881dbc956 SHA-1: 085ee52e572d683dd10d7834b238e5216982cbc5 SHA-256: 05af2159adb0291c8e3c7d66b73c665f4c376272c30690eea650643c19e0d469
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a large number of links pointing to various domains, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and numerous external links suggest it's designed to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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 http://suamayin.biz/userfiles/file/71259665479.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://hylyt.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ee2f02a14eb2658fbf7268af6ef0c69/lozaneja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nq7bk7f51fo1i67dqtamhncl53/wipero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://automotiveenergy.cz/userfiles/file/79435823668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vtvxm.vn/userfiles/file/gorumedijuwarogepetuxira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.teppiche-waschen-hamburg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d919b21fe08---didakamizadagoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://irisapp.cn/uploadfiles/fckeditor/20210515/file/16210258392577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.intermediastudios.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4287d7eb276c0aaba10405931d3dc54b/73326610713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursac.net/userfiles/file/7287498394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monacollection.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a99e58b5143fa36dcb54e21a4a4c7f90/28867769277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sosnovgeo.ru/userfiles/file/92235256862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abandassociates.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80544042234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iiml-pgpsm.in/ckfinder/uploads/userfiles/files/xekefut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lsp.od.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sed5qkbrivjforh34n44cm8ab1/duzexaruzigibebumikep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vasilii-orlov.fun/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ddb1b58cc08deb44aea61beaa9e7791/61262550483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ipcare.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f0kvj8dh8e3vbjl5jvmfh20t91/77624672767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kbstephens.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b840bb3ff6dd6cd606d96f756207a1eb/24187741842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nkland.org/userfiles/files/87219985560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kliningstroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b796dd6d93---79948422551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sbhs1967.com/clients/8/89/8985ce50e7417da620f75e2af787291b/File/vavizarifanifijoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lifestaralberta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f9b077e068---ronozupubusetekutusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agentcctv.com/userfiles/file/bejilexidarokabofabubojej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursaceviritercume.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160757eef3da06---94287106706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ciabrini-immobilier.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa7dd0b3pmgco2p4fd3s7idbc1/gesodafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=best+cardio+workouts+for+weight+lossPDF 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_off000100b6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100B6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000118c8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118C8 16868 bytes
SHA-256: c473f175eac95ba17e45343bbfb4c863e23e4bba5e5442b8fcf6de8aab05d6e1
font_02_sfnt_off000144bb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x144BB 10980 bytes
SHA-256: 115af3d87daae188123266c53d870afedf8f91d6071a2b91961e1abd03c6b2d3