Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9af359f1ff2e3437…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.1 KB Created: 2021-08-08 15:47:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 88135cc3e628678cb9bcc8cff192e193 SHA-1: bafb5222e6891d9e146981e21d7964470277a22f SHA-256: 9af359f1ff2e3437f4247b48d2c68c858114f297a882a5dd7d2fe81a082b3e57
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to redirect the user to a malicious site via the link farm.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9957

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 https://haps.company/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/62gfnb6fscqafhd6q492h4plu0/2351794390.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://iamluno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090d2aad9878---fasatavunazutapekidev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actioncoach.com.my/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ee17a707fa0---33472613838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adveotec.com/img/file/giludekudijemugusuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nanobubblevietnam.com/uploads/userfiles/file/4292860210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://belitour.ir/basefile/belitourir/files/81425775410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://livestocktool.com/d/files/41370732246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharidendesignasphalt.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae099b0c6fd87469a19f430059657570/bixom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hi-reid-solutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/95b35f28aebd4c25a67af69a15715e98/51266561073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.appsolutely.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610ceba492f88---nafiwafinebod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fitviewer.biz/files/file/70448066863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recamonde.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160946f5002aca---96196098531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://charlesstreetvideo.com/userfiles/file/98466395585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aihyang.com/userfiles/file/nuvupitixesatuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://28777886.com/Lpf/UPFILE/userfiles/files/mikimufarituxaruwefewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brainbond.ro/userfiles/file/nasapozak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.spreefahrten-berlin.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1r3o8kp7hbr3rk538o3e42rapa/99969400266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chrmglobal.com/userfiles/file/19017338781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pointcookelectrician.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab8f7ed72d9---faduxupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cps-mbstu.edu.bd/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mibivunotojimixinimekod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--dlek-5qa.com/admin/UserFiles/file/94700257490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tigercabinetry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/26ca2aac0931797966808e8f23a36b11/92317226031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baldonimarcostudio.eu/userfiles/files/7881569411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lifestaralberta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095aa5998e2c---taruxur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ambredore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab0fa4dd06f---fufidisiwisoxufam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightsourceindiana.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/03168bc6da4aa5d6b14bedd7a79d943a/tenegutuvapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=is+army+prt+effectivePDF 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_off0000f524.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF524 17220 bytes
SHA-256: a364637a96190a3fe6a78e01c61d71261fb59a789e50cf116cbd9c700f6d1929
font_01_sfnt_off0001223b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1223B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013a52.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A52 10500 bytes
SHA-256: 01109ea1da6ad1365e9e211105c018ca7fa956f5be7c1b85c6c94c035a07402a