Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 abfab531720072bc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

133.5 KB Created: 2021-07-05 06:29:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 9f0bc02dd7e0df64fe90cb1902e2bdee SHA-1: e6055fbb041e09f23c87ea2eee8da943c0362e36 SHA-256: abfab531720072bc155139059895cb8c589bbd930aaaf36b24cd426ede38231c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains a link farm pointing to numerous compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting an attempt to host and distribute malicious files. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9925

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://fermuar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087186f12571---27647968580.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.mnspineandsport.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d3f7e8a3be1595433a9128238f43ff1f/gapopoxoterawutumojex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nceptionsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9607349da3fe70b79637bca17704c3da/pufuderazuzorun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.johnknox.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7785bd3cbd---72557608368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cngwalk.com/fckeditor/userfiles/image/fegalejijefuvimalotaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metabolit-plus.ru/files/file/tikobazudewusegusumetedar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wholisticvibrations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/085917a342a8e037a63db7ad46cfd6b5/92068354724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gdgom.com/upload/file/210624080815432370un5996z4blar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wlao.on.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ada839899434154b093281d5caac65fd/tuzotizutofug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acetuitioncentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f76f8bde91---51832506228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.biotanika.pl/upload/file/sibubufepolesika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emergent-partners.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088ece67a1d6---ragonozeruvaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wenxuezj.com/images/File/470190579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.circoloaletrium.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a280ea371ec---xaluveruwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hauptsache.cc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d04f495ca2d---vujulesokixumik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joyfool.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/824f08d41a979915bc15f9ac87edbb42/gasutiwunupasadatub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://occahomesearch.com/userfiles/files/semiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cfacgroupe.com/uploads/FCK_files/file/kokudugotedunakumiwakuvis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.eflox.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ebaac6c461---37067262922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mikailang.net/userfiles/file/20210505101005_666878033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ledspectrumthai.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kotonuravajogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gabrielamaciel.net/images/content/file/gipadolijowutemuwazatum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oiweld.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f4df342c708d1a0010efafc27e89f4b5/28712195493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=tomb+of+the+giantsPDF 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_off0001aacc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1AACC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001c2e3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1C2E3 10616 bytes
SHA-256: 935cd3197ae9f5c5d415d2b761c6e7d7c85813d9d25a3f23b9bc451748d24b54
font_02_sfnt_off0001db01.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1DB01 17504 bytes
SHA-256: 424613f884a4931c6df3c9f597eaa1bf24fb6a96bafb14b0b263ec80033578a7