Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 af1a1b69feb5a007…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.0 KB Created: 2021-08-10 05:49:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: aca2834ae388d72790b8ce8ab6d888a1 SHA-1: 6a88ed63e7c9e625359c9fb3fc0e021d17a6fe0b SHA-256: af1a1b69feb5a007fe6673cc2dec173d20bbab0a721fc28b35907bcd2677b153
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories, presents a deceptive download button and contains embedded JavaScript. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9970

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • 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://www.lipfish.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083613ce98b1---fixoxinokonoze.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://luxmeterthai.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34425954560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snookerfootball.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608722fd7144e---leruv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hacoauto.vn/upload/files/tuwevuvenokikanedoxegimup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-leuven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c873ae8b05a---95045949200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eastendmediation.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/zuvenunativamiwixuzekov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gustosandvic.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72035788220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gotoko.com/cmsv2/upload/files/23835926227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carthink.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ba37c38ffc---woferizixexudep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akrmedia.no/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47737566217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thegrcinstitute.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jasegimisunifibiselepil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.520amis.com/upload/files/85409621585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hse.tw/upload/file/tewikaraz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thayloilocnuoctaihanoi.net/upload/files/jonozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adler-leitishofen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160807c37a4f6d---20112572125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saptpadi.com/files/file/90179377729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aafkqcanfpgnhbng3b5i9a.xn--p1ai/pict/file/wilobaxixuben.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sidertest.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc21de6b28---57889195360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://majorsagilekvaros.hu/uploads/file/segilobedurazulobegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mercedesmazo.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160949df823bca---37795432141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gametimecatering.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071d7ac79fc2---xonozuwerix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woonhuislift.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098b617eab04---bipatulifirutideberig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1f276073fb---6899399915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bodegoncriollo.com/userfiles/file/jojeromelafuragetikudujap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aokman-drive.com/d/files/vufokuzovekepamoluj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=high+end+yaariyan+full+movie+download+480p+filmywapPDF 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_off0000fc75.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC75 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011487.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11487 17232 bytes
SHA-256: 7de3cdfcac6980e3d78d151708a756173ee6af745996a24a3e96786d1ac1e232
font_02_sfnt_off0001419f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1419F 11444 bytes
SHA-256: c782c5d4b26c43aca0f14d5912117c47cea6e3fdd305068e7e2b9d8840da3ade