Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4af0bb52a3170c7a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.1 KB Created: 2021-08-01 23:44:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 9191852635e8fe74b8643652ae4279d4 SHA-1: 56b82642a5c54172cf4d164627b6d3ff3b6d5d42 SHA-256: 4af0bb52a3170c7a86ad1a9594653c350b96ff53565c37a47a7e5f2cc4b568f5
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It uses an urgency-based lure. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and contains embedded JavaScript. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9989

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://qtjdb.com/UploadFile/2021/06/18/file/20210618_103353_101.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://nepalimodelagency.com/userfiles/file/99645260257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earthchartercities.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160943b08d7a1b---jowugesukozivifav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asfalon.com/__files/file/bofeseguvilabobadodemagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.benvenutialmare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c79e2a41459---tuvobemuvasazewuvijip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.temsilcifirsatlari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082bb9169063---wodazapusidof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bridalchapel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607602676fcc5---27793707755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--l3chcucnqd9c0eua7b1k.com/user_img/files/75156212080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://multiseal.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd30921ada2---66688635343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://championsforchildren.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af85ebc2602a0467b431bea08bf0f31d/bukoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opalbiosciences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4ca43ba0f4---mubepomidakilesok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yaqeen-eg.com/userfiles/file/vomigewuwezutopodatipimeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.petersmetalstitching.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e2a763292c---51175668834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carnow.jp/js/upload/files/kufigewesupadud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grani-tonkogo-mira.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d4f6f9d6c7ce2a97f826e04d1ff0f85e/26879217940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lasfyy.com/uploadfile/file/20210726005240746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://burfel.ru/upfiles/files/33424671525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timatey.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j178sbn7sjuqikdonf8j219mp7/63820726899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caopump.com/admin/userfiles/file/26354481685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bishopsalamatkhokhar.org/userfiles/file/60454251067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.movingintofreedom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609df0120f8cf---jajitewaxotejexovowug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shiokuda1.com/contents//files/ritojemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://watch62.ru/files/files/65580763283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrachoff.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4f14a35602a6b52958a0b17ebca41fb7/keburupeje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=guinea+pig+sanctuary+near+mePDF 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_off0001145e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1145E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00012c70.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C70 16612 bytes
SHA-256: 8c5b5aa3f65ea502f5954c0fe2c4662074a59b678bee11c9a98bd91191818c5f
font_02_sfnt_off00015799.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15799 10804 bytes
SHA-256: 5245e5d0ef461923dfb657f84b565925060aeef12c9418de51a84175178d0ebf