Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 af0fb4d4384f04c2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.5 KB Created: 2021-06-28 18:15:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 2fb5b350e3252f3a70cbfda856059d31 SHA-1: 35cc37a1b59ee9f5bb938c7fa0124f305a6131cc SHA-256: af0fb4d4384f04c2c54d479750a3c2124b20e51a1f1877305efe1e8ab79f00af
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by both a machine learning classifier and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories. These links likely serve as a lure to download further malicious payloads or redirect users to phishing sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=trainer+homefront+the+revolution
    • http://suportti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160884b34c98fa---jadunido.pdf
    • https://facades-et-traditions.com/actualites/file/32929281165.pdf
    • http://srihemkuntschoolint.com/slbdavbatala/userfiles/file/pikufojuguwu.pdf
    • http://com123.vn/uploads/file/94140167511.pdf
    • https://claphamjunction.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/44de4fd19cfac788b24dafb77141e47c/xiguv.pdf
    • http://bagpack.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a6c8693e21---4351728916.pdf
    • http://www.sport-konyv.hu/userfiles/file/guxisulurizese.pdf
    • https://yziact.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0na4snhlqb44sg2q1vorlgadu0/21321678862.pdf
    • http://ceskylakros.cz/userfiles/file/1321869397.pdf
    • https://homini.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad8062916b6---67190874243.pdf
    • http://discarga.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071e52b614f5---xatit.pdf
    • http://www.derbysignandgraphics.com/uploads/file/6536965890.pdf
    • http://lafenicealcamo.it/userfiles/files/28139840453.pdf
    • http://www.la-rocca.pl/app/webroot/files/files/2042352883.pdf
    • https://engravestone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a57bf4f1f1c---kuvoj.pdf
    • http://ttccid.com/userfiles/file/66938497465.pdf
    • https://soechi.id/userfiles/file/susanosolowak.pdf
    • https://goldengrowers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e3e1597ee4c28d9c7ad0306717b0cb1/77331129790.pdf
    • https://csn-alliance.com/data/files/masugolitizapofawuwika.pdf
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/239f98634f21b897d845fba1c89a4739/wukuxikinuranorevumoxuj.pdf
    • https://khotelmarket.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210603_79F7BA719F6F093F.pdf
    • https://sckstone.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/504c52022803518fba5a4efeeddecc42/kasaxemepopimexex.pdf
    • https://sharpspringwww.kinsta.cloud/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ff3bd4ca87fa085c271c9a46e716a44/60421822478.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f8a9.bin
6a76cb39776e57f472645124fa62484ad738802a5cc723c010e5d5e51d6ea79c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8A9 10440 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001101b.bin
881762895bca7b0c9aab8899063affbe8d4801119b20ae1be2473d22c20f98ce
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1101B 19284 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00014304.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14304 16792 bytes