Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1afc73e14fe2e1db…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.7 KB Created: 2021-08-02 09:11:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 6bfc16172c6af8b1ed0217ec82acb55a SHA-1: 42f0f32f078c0b5a76309352e4112deef0735ff8 SHA-256: 1afc73e14fe2e1db8aaef6ae2f2eade6d825688bf1b5cf8788d4f64528bade17
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple domains, many of which are associated with compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content or phish users. The document body is heavily obfuscated, preventing a clear understanding of its specific lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9989

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://birzebbugastpetersfc.com/files/file/neguda.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://conberraquera.com/aym_image/files/jejikeferuneluwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uat.ideadunes.com/projects/ideadunes-portfolio-site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aeff195806c---17853982843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://semagro-msw.ru/pics/images/file/6703768414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kovove-ploty-brany-zabradli.cz/UserFiles/File/9820124327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slenderclub.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53291390667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rszm88.com/upfolder/e/files/20210722185112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.apsetedavisi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cf96c934c1---zonadokafaweranomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmjrgoldhockey.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2b63c347ae5beaa85e1dd7f9df1bef61/sixesetelutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rarahil.org.np/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96594806058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chanakyaaerospacedefence.com/userfiles/file/toretuwuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travels-ukraine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b37e57dcc6a---zirijevapojosupufolabusiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leesman.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2eafc8c2c2fa90ccef8c451a7e585e60/37825905324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://swaminarayangm.org/userfiles/file/21572507275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dirabrealtors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608332fdc119b---18574548911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zulaikhatextile.com/userfiles/files/xapazabefobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mercedesmazo.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e904780a7e8---88635823997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iqubz.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b02efa12e9f---84892161629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phonefixcomo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c7fb708ca7---68428991738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://securityguardsupply.com/php/uploads/file/68330089919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quickvideo.nl/userfiles/file/tubewat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cissi.it/userfiles/files/manukunewijapoxodazerob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fiorenzuolatrack.it/userfiles/files/nexuxof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=student+exploration+free-fall+laboratory+answer+keyPDF 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_off00011467.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11467 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00012c7e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C7E 11236 bytes
SHA-256: 68d2089b4aef1fd7c041f66d313a8f62bb54f031691b98c63bfd88623fa04270
font_02_sfnt_off000146dd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x146DD 17400 bytes
SHA-256: a0667d98c3c9be73e2248f39b2e114d84a9d9f881e1169fc995cbe5743b1c5de