Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4afffdcfef8bcc7d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.5 KB Created: 2021-09-04 23:27:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 7612d31c6085fc6a3850c6fe4f7e1796 SHA-1: 98e5c73649d0b142b2584b1676d586bff30144b5 SHA-256: 4afffdcfef8bcc7da6df48fa4d286e0fa2bc3bb6d47c3b8ef9c9d65c21260183
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The presence of numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting suggests a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support the malicious nature of this file, indicating it likely serves as a lure to download a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://21cedu.com/pds/userfiles/files/sibijigememimanijavoreguf.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://bbensonmft.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e3d6ef27df804a0e93794bde441555d/fopafekunufupulumunotuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abovomedia.hu/_user/file/fodametuxol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baxsporthorses.nl/userfiles/file/76711075423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nangluongvada.com/uploads/files/dubud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lalitas-thaimassage-spa.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609417c62c23f---sugopelezateroxabim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imotrading.com/images/userfiles/32851163691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wamsconference.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d9baf67ad7dcad1cda71f8a86011dfc3/12389053045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autofactory-jin.com/js/upload/files/91284411464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tessilgiada.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ce503f2c2f---4055415519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ises.ca/phpsites/vertical_living/uploads/file/28536047644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chothuexehochiminh.com/userfiles/file/74359703957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readxyz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fa347b2888e4501146ae8b4bcc17ebe9/lanurujobokulunez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bc-arman.kz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nubomegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alrehabourhome.com/userfiles/files/banimozitewabegelarib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ringid.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62212176162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novafish.it/userfiles/files/nalisunimoxefur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--9w3b270a7kf.kr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83810337662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ropesadventure.com/d/files/vasivilozunonebik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unipell.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084242e44983---vaforukeba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emmaushuis.org/pages/xipemokawitekonijotepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atallmed.com/userfiles/files/lasaxisuxoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cald-lighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f9b4617b4b3cab9f6244293083775f5/kegelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://riverasphotovideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d20c6675593---xolosizukabewuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=core+java+tutorial+pdf+for+beginners+free+downloadPDF 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_off0000efe3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFE3 11224 bytes
SHA-256: 613d6291fab6aff37742d212c89bf295f27c3c1cc051763b182a3855a6315395
font_01_sfnt_off000109ee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109EE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012200.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12200 17288 bytes
SHA-256: eabd3f0704707c5fc822941893dede368954343bdc80e4463d3a43dd8d644fc7