Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 af1f04e7e1d8fde8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.3 KB Created: 2021-09-10 16:19:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 42b2c9dbcc587efbe524a0650cc3f983 SHA-1: e8951841de2eeae325f6c086b0934b36a4d8c200 SHA-256: af1f04e7e1d8fde8f17b38389167fcc0709427db3c836bf5dc893f8eeac47dec
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 CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicative of a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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://clinicaabrahaoosta.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/linikokivuter.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.lamuccacompany.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f9297129b3e3c3b7fe7d6b256c625dd1/nisuzosolipodujun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.brunosistemi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b540ec8000---jakuvatidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thefertilizergranulators.com/d/files/65824001002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caminodesantiagoenmoto.com/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/tajilurut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkwebdesign.com.hk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ac8bf5dee2---93795762512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sewakendragroup.com/userfiles/file/maminorivafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a213e322ab---dasasakawotadobijuwax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://best-of-geldanlagen.de/userfiles/file/74911803339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-vidnoe.ru/upload_picture/file/moworusixilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timnhanhonline.vn/upload/files/63110346467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--oy2b19v1mb1yi.com/userfiles/file/zimowizilebamakegedizuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asalsold.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139f203a0898---25180626205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.recko.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wopomexubafuzel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://esteticarcare.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4fa7667bff881210416a1ba6994d69fa/66931512180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huichem.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69452383832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ristorantebiscione.com/userfiles/files/futatofofisesodovazarez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://patidarpalanpur.com/web/k/main_admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84492825835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ingore.cn/upload/files/dagapevifosomemusekaxomam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bortran.com/upload/image/file/20210903073457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://empezo.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5006221256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjxbw.cn/userfiles/file/zimudejolidusanawal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jgweld18.com/UploadFile/file/20210903191316494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sdyh.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qnsf3fflo68vu29q97uhnnpsg5/jobowowerufumelopujizekod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sblending.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fe40d234bb---68854693919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lesson-online.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2bsoa75jpb71qsfev17ia7lda5/mopakufusisiroxugiku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=some+like+it+hot+putlockerPDF 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_off0000eb27.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB27 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001033e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1033E 10472 bytes
SHA-256: e9371925ae18ad66cf9b4b2d73104911b7bb843de62456c84a186644815c3929
font_02_sfnt_off00011af7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11AF7 20196 bytes
SHA-256: e5e2aa0d460ae6c66b3a0d17fb12e33fc4c0eaaec117d5e67642d03f66857a78