Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0afb45d4c6a922b7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.3 KB Created: 2021-07-19 20:14:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 5656a7ed1302ec403b63718a51cbed22 SHA-1: ee0c32e6b72bba22ccf31de58f7f41db4a451e11 SHA-256: 0afb45d4c6a922b7ffecfe33ef4edbfbaa61fcacd3c535b632060cae2e86188f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to numerous domains, many of which are associated with compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for SEO poisoning or phishing. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was unreadable, limiting further analysis of specific payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://qhs1978.com/clients/d/dd/dd8db5a278a7ad55a2ada34b8e38ebcc/File/49661831825.pdf
    • https://webtraffic.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/032blfusi3b7gosnuud98btlka/xobuzevopipuxokekudufobel.pdf
    • http://pansophers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090f5070ea1b---libixaranofe.pdf
    • https://www.swx.global/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/df1e2fc7b46aa9e9f465877e119fefcb/nurusapezosoto.pdf
    • http://cga82.com/admin/File/fagifafineso.pdf
    • https://www.marvistasales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/97fe1ec116d830b38aa2fbf8327d5b0d/95038559586.pdf
    • http://irk-yoga.ru/upload/files/dulexesawonokiravabo.pdf
    • https://alsterparkett.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmk3r8fi80kdq4i1if7hodv6s1/tuxawilakulofitofavubuzi.pdf
    • http://alvasari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4aaff960bb---gakunusizojakepivarireri.pdf
    • http://www.assignproject.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083683c7db29---653084507.pdf
    • http://visit-pune.com/userfiles/file/tezigo.pdf
    • https://www.eoluk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rsgt7sn1tul7j5m076dtsl9oq3/riwabumuputefigo.pdf
    • https://www.elementstraining.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e8esat1eimlsg5rpet75so3rd/nowinemetile.pdf
    • http://timelessmebel.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9d9c173bff724c9788a08969d0d24af2/puwag.pdf
    • http://ahchala.com/img/file/87905146288.pdf
    • http://rethabise.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076efe29699f---somewidulawawiwepibi.pdf
    • http://debnine.net/UserFiles/File/nedalubotadevoxupisuxoxa.pdf
    • http://auxerretv.com/content/public/file/vufatupozeni.pdf
    • http://queuemanagementsystems.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f38150c734---jufomajepamasugisaga.pdf
    • http://stepsforstarlight.org/clients/c/c6/c668404594a1c08d975ab50c7bec58f6/File/guzojowovikupukifovug.pdf
    • http://omonetach.pl/foto/ilustracje/file/zuxatadaw.pdf
    • https://dermo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160941d977ff6a---38821377814.pdf
    • http://natur-pet.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80690559053.pdf
    • http://janatalnajaf.com/basefile/janatalnajafcom/files/3185209962.pdf
    • http://schokobrunnen.com/idata/52729093858.pdf
    • http://amwordpress.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f144b966f2---zezigutuzifupodapanege.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=life+cycle+phases+in+software+project+management
    • 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_off00010469.bin
8ab6b8a8ea5af5b7568740bc4e04c258170149950d73a8972ee540fbce12a698
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10469 11212 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011e87.bin
4dea1521b7ec7a4d78fa2a88f855fee0f582a6ea0fa6dc8ae600a0c40fe7898f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E87 17272 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00014b70.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14B70 16792 bytes