Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 af2252f917362583…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.5 KB Created: 2021-09-06 16:13:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: c7be499b623b1cd8bb645838e992b51b SHA-1: 26294af9e9b903fbdf48fc9f36a7f2342d1395e3 SHA-256: af2252f917362583b9fb198564d59f46a9051637d8cf8789e10f31bc06472c6a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories. These links form a link farm, likely intended to redirect users to malicious payloads or phishing sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, classifying it as a phishing trojan.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=bostitch+00540+stapler+manual PDF link annotation
    • http://lexuspolymers.com/assets/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33070956033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursakaynak.net/userfiles/file/62265497694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://independentmusicleague.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bdd9f34f9413d5fed90214f39929e545/27143373195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tecsal.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7061503ffd---61901631137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saporidelletnastore.it/file/nanajulofefubisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artenika.pl/fck/file/zasegikesezan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaexpansionjoint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd7cef782c2---25641606157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cricalliance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f1943e5bbd---tixoxepudipigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yastudio.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fc904423f30c412d2b0b20b2191117db/definuzago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imad0c0.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bawizaperitanevidaruru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://csn-alliance.com/data/files/22136881965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orchid-daikanyama.com/userfiles/file/56765387523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ofertaromania.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/seworeto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biosite.ru/images/news/file/tokeremil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wypelnienia.kratex.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f637120e889d3fe44456054177415793/nilemopagegaziragoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botosani.ro/img/uploads/file/59868059121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sidertest.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b245a9d8967---kemerawovagepomejekunalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cukiernia.eu/upload/files/1916961047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veronicanealhome.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/2/1609087ac72625---40400200406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://citysuji.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7842303107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.risingstars.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160724ca845529---76192304845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wintec-samu.hu/uploads/files/tazonifodas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kalatranslation.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dpct060a4s0pvotnfde9c431tc/66672736419.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_off0000d8de.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8DE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f0f5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0F5 11128 bytes
SHA-256: 08b8ca835eba3b07a6ab8a148590517997a46d0d2e5a04cfc58e9c48c04ae969
font_02_sfnt_off00010ad4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AD4 17408 bytes
SHA-256: b10c4b36dbbbc0427e7e1a60a8364eb7291996415f127c33272f4b126a373b50