Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 06afe88e2823d2fc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.1 KB Created: 2021-08-21 00:50:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: b8b3cab41e0229cbb30feb5ff47f5d93 SHA-1: 144d575768e98af36964968b1db61fce855b119c SHA-256: 06afe88e2823d2fc7a1d6fb44618a662704d2fba178990747c15d368df7c9708
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm for redirection. The presence of embedded JavaScript and a ClamAV detection for 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports a malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The ML classifier also strongly flagged this PDF as malicious.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9994

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://apexnepaltravel.com/userfiles/file/sumonuf.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ks4073.com/file_media/file_image/file/razovoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kazenergy.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c14446c7d45---tupex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binhruamuinanobac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cooa8hngjop3cvc6riec8et7s8/12721102867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pu-sk.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/puxijudugoputededumenalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kcharp.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fapeba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metaglas.kr/userData/board/file/duxawif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dfh-consulting.com/userfiles/file/vaxisavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qboardapp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cbc4fc729ec6d411918cdff49023ae4a/tefejuvugobilajesarena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.highlandmetals.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f2ac7ec64f2---jiserujetodaxasenam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://natatourism.com/userfiles/files/mugovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tehnol.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608199e02f3da---rozunusolodobidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lightingandhvacexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aaabbd757b3aadd3e223226ea85cbe7a/1736596072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.finestkindcharter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070c0f93f45b---zemopifelomejewatamepisej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opusbiz.kr/data/editor/file/165424117760f68eb9e35eb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroynerud-sm.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d908a0b578---dilajisikaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yocarbroker.com/upload/ckfinder/files/defebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hit-education.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nlrsb9n4161sno90drcjq16ukh/9617200479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sandzthabapanel.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160758784e3190---vimovufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccsl.asia/files/4254744309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cdca62607a9---gakipadeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slp72.com/clients/7/7b/7b902bee17765b19ebdde6030f24742d/File/81181532600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=fracciones+parciales+caso+4+ejercicios+resueltosPDF 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_off00010dad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DAD 19748 bytes
SHA-256: 9dbbc4605b7a5771c93ae6233044202b349fc3ed7be382b294d6920d63597e93
font_01_sfnt_off00013fb7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13FB7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000157ce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x157CE 10652 bytes
SHA-256: 598d31a7d94ecd6369e0735549546b9f09dffd002fbf340def24da2d331ceb5a