Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 af252b6626da990f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.0 KB Created: 2021-08-16 08:02:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 208acff03e87a51420b380c2a1679a58 SHA-1: d9ded7394d1eb2adc05aa8c96d521fc27db9f18c SHA-256: af252b6626da990f67da874bedf4c79e001b00bc561c6791b3a64fe69f64f03c
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories and disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior are indicative of a malicious document designed to redirect users to harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://giritrademark.com/content_files/files/gugapisofarasefuvageresir.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://2greenchicks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/df9fa34d2931177dad3531e76ce5f645/69521537225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.litesourcenc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f9d95883ac7ded17902b1f3f47b2960f/sajumarofurixibegaxis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://le383.com/uploads/files/gazuxoranelotuwamiboxagij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tigapilar.com/upload/files/puwubuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cualuoihoanmy.com/uploads/userfiles/file/nizikufeporinage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sklepjola.pl/userfiles/file/47825475661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvgrup.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d27c7773520---57595727087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://economiadecomunion.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sulodatumapumidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vdbergelectro.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aae626b21aa4479789fc1b8f34cb2a8d/35539581038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hotel-margherita.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16114f10da5bdb---pitujigirixomipozanedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f0an2vakn3m97hm5lggj41t723/xixeka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drvision.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087fd433b55f---42741255417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frennphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f74f718527c---bikinupeseve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.risingstars.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160da269596cfa---kexagagaporazunomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ganan10.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610bb8ebbf752---nupowavatuxasekupagewovaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alemotta.com/resources/original/file/32354592097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mmoxx.mn/userfiles/files/bedutemepepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hydrem.ru/images/file/28411499698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lsp.od.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/34m56odqhpms2lfnbkp8buaak7/lutinotixutowigemesawax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pavcargo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e195102ed918c6ee9b21661e143df0fc/ziwupafez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+the+best+base+to+lay+pavers+onPDF 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_off0000dcf1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCF1 17424 bytes
SHA-256: d35bddca8514cdf6d20b8d68fe8201b5251df699b60fde728584382d924a3895
font_01_sfnt_off00010aab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AAB 10660 bytes
SHA-256: db2589b2d1d3dc4c8b356c344bd0c7803102f55e613e5288bb4a9e0355d8511e
font_02_sfnt_off000122dd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122DD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1