Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 af0a5a4d40582ad5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.5 KB Created: 2021-09-09 05:11:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: f2393a9a88f031d6bb58e7631dc5980e SHA-1: 8a6de763cc8c44ae61eea23fcce448dca59c11a1 SHA-256: af0a5a4d40582ad5a4beccd431d85de56dcd21d54c79c3376dc7ec8cdbdb731f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous external URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it's part of a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of embedded URLs and the 'download button' heuristic further support its role as a lure for phishing or malware downloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9969

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.
  • 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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=higgs+domino+hack+tool+trainer+apk PDF link annotation
    • https://www.etbsupplies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161388f06c8d37---60549606072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chiangmai-clean.com/user_img/files/19576039223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edisonprivateschoolbeta.com/cote_dor_import/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/botaxubabezofalojusax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipare.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3mf4gn3aqr9ll87n26iafo9mjc/tesemixogobadezalige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.belladermeestetica.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139152774aff---43148497910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vektor-bezpeki.com/userfiles/files/zefal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://encouragingmath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e9a1acb71039344d0e4e7ad7c2b9f53e/35095174667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creativesilhouettes.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161355169db5d2---92386559189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hattrick-sports.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132ef5f2c250---4417671005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://best-turbos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d4ff34f7d3db74758e482297ff2643e/limuxegimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://umutfm.com/resimler/files/pomabezisibidijoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indianspringhomes.com/userfiles/files/tukivarine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dukupahit.com/contents/files/wipozogobunuwigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hidramaco.com/files/files/wudotizokupufogobaletid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agilesolutions.in/uploads/98072903611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ydtmuhendislik.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42588036895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ukicda.com/admin/fckeditor_upfiles/file/2021090521145980554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thesmithgrouphouston.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/da65cd0678893404095a6602348e8bbd/872240561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bbmeti.it/userfiles/files/vilekumigupimixora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://execdentalclinic.com/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23847381664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mission4recruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161353f502aafa---99158550232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vanprodukt.cz/UserFiles/File/29751847466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://otohondamientay.com/upload/files/1076981503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0001084f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1084F 19056 bytes
SHA-256: 60ebbf1bf60450654aa2f872f0c2430665527d39acd3361884a8392148ca9f84
font_01_sfnt_off00013af3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13AF3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001530a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1530A 11044 bytes
SHA-256: 2403107a1c0e7ad6808f41731d772a064a7e1d4abb006d620d7ab1fe55e323ef