Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 adfbe26412d220dd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.0 KB Created: 2021-09-04 20:22:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: c4b8c9273256e2bffb1312a06bf3d766 SHA-1: e272281b1573d7a8bb819025d3e5082d75d49ecb SHA-256: adfbe26412d220ddb91c9f2b194e083b95ee6eb32f765be463f2dfef4f91ffe4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to redirect users to malicious sites or download further payloads. Several heuristics indicate the document is part of a link farm hosted on potentially compromised or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

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://www.alertgy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/509a2bffe36c8605b23454ce2bd2c915/61441071606.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://prodesign31.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bef5e17f573---33915122367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://svarovanijelinek.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/navizubaxuzuvosuxilag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thewhitmerlawfirm.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/49611153752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myqself.com/upload/files/44596859486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tl-maskinfabrik.dk/userfiles/file/17812587999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sg-design.top/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac434c05c52b478ad11de972be396d94/pipidibasepunidexide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursac.net/userfiles/file/ruvemedip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ventiliatoriai.lt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/peviwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://normel.org/files/upload/file/76539636066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.julitolaschools.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f952762522---zinanekupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://exlite.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84105205250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alarmy-kamery24.pl/userfiles/file/vomasodukifevunoluse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amursvoidom.ru/media/files/nivapom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tasarimak.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11557864742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://techielingo.com/fck_uploads/files/jaxol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kinoimaging.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161273867d2e24---nugibinadokasas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banglenhospital.com/UserFiles/File/60198990448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hw-power.com/uploads/ckfiles/files/60dd6988116d6.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veterinarycarefoundation.org/userfiles/file/66136989682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://voyageaventurenepal.com/upload/files/66871939627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.willmarshelter.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47040134055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sad-azov.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a4a281b375cb66d8dfcd5f6ef9c0987d/56296191660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pomodorolennep.de/gfx/userfiles/files/29704838527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chi-kara.net/userfiles/file/gumuzowowajaxafotuxafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://overtonnation.com/clients/f/f9/f97855507a39dfa58978186db9bff07a/File/xofalimarolumalofupiguson.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=stock+broking+services+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_off0000da03.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA03 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f215.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF215 18192 bytes
SHA-256: 67c0c3b821ccbd29ad000c417415d1659e6b8c09e5545a525b5784a498f43d5d
font_02_sfnt_off00012148.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12148 10960 bytes
SHA-256: 62a856351f4a733ae583640bc025d04a32962b12cbb73df7d049c2c99c6a0ad7