Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 adfabcc7e5af4f2e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.0 KB Created: 2021-09-02 15:11:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: f24d0e974110c19c8b981975ea4c542d SHA-1: aa5b58d69405f5cfcb0a2dd6ad76b1a7f2bc2ad3 SHA-256: adfabcc7e5af4f2ec353aa7e4dff641d1b1c8fff5302e2fc18ebc7e1e03b261d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://www.impactit.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72032987703.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://loskutova.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/845652df273546519cca24550d3b0458/bijamajudenoxomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doellefjelde-mussemarked.dk/images/newsmail/file/11075987429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smoothnomad.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bam7pt1mp12hgc3cs6u4sk659q/lowovuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oaklandscreche.ie/userfiles/files/radawekejituguzunik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://llsindia.in/FCKeditor/file/wikoluzaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lempreintedubois.fr/userfiles/lempreintedubois.fr/file/52507630196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osoboebludo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25005077370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zcapitalcrm.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/giwidamulej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pasarangroup2.com/contents/files/54816162044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hbtsap.com/Upfiles/news/file///rukokibop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sure2trips.com/bot/ckfinder/uf/files/25977557711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.inhd.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e34bdcca4db---tefovobodonaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ntwbearing.com/UserFiles/File/21513570636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imaggu.com/ci/userfiles/files/lotedif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://5a.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kaniwilokudumapepinoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://celovechurch.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fb81bab0a8d64c69105f628433c582fd/xives.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://red-persimmons.com/upfiles/editor/files/sakatopavatupovowoki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.artefuoricentro.it/js/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xunewus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mytutr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c16b8d8e3089e2a3a7a0617965921fc/lilukedinamanulelola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.southforconstruction.com/frontend/web/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vidavujudov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miamiwars.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b0f38b4934efec3d29ae401685ff99f9/dorewofefogifevijoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hani-bee.com/userfiles/files/499616396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hdcorp.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9fut9n9d0n6547qe47gkmkcmkb/lujakesuwasis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=tireoidite+de+hashimoto+pdfPDF 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_off0000fa3b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA3B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001124d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1124D 18336 bytes
SHA-256: 39e6f2891090226b01cd27067c81b1f70a1aa003c8b12fdbe585af61b864c394
font_02_sfnt_off000141f1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x141F1 10576 bytes
SHA-256: e95349458d63d12757ba348b52db70fa3f768357d59867905d8f1b50162ee045