Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 af29fb7bb3aabfa2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.4 KB Created: 2021-07-29 12:20:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 3248b69a7d2de7de0f9d386e6707493a SHA-1: 876414bdc04ac16de8a087b3eead64c79799956e SHA-256: af29fb7bb3aabfa24de1e2eaaeb3ae559ac4d6176068adbea9814e52bbe35fe0
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. It contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains, suggesting it functions as a link farm. The presence of embedded URLs and the PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristic strongly support this attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9866

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=represent+proportional+relationships+with+equations+tables+and+graphs+worksheet PDF link annotation
    • https://aashianarealty.com/file/47989017268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092e89f3caa0---68988374847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://associacaoguainumbi.org.br/wp/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609414df14bbe---kupaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toshiba-center.ru/uploads/files/41598970687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lllk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1c824252ac58bf09bfb75f026f271b29/23610453257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polkovnik.su/upload/file/95178457107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://puzynowska-kancelaria.com/userfiles/file/pofeduxut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sip7.pl/autoinstalator/sip7.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3a00b592a0083fe64a8432c16d2ff7a8/vogagider.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rana-international.com/userfiles/files/fibaxidugewetowaparof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thepetrichortouch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r9di76o8j9ua37iljs379djr7p/44667381374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pilotcenter.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e6n0e024i7536thojo656gu76n/bopemafodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightupalife.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607669f29623c---rogilovotenolijufobaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adelaarenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3dl27je4oc48pa9b8ef6j3d8bh/kepubudidaxefax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.johnknox.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6698756245---73702741621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mds-horizons.com/upload/files/gosano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shinyjewellers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v0r08haiet85cgig874pjci7db/laniven.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mizuho-co.net/file/ck/files/62335183853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gservicepz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e9f460218db4e97f2f3c96b7f07e6280/57978360640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.training4thefuture.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afad69b4e76---lefevusojufona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://musikkursus.dk/userfiles/file/puwuvovolasumunatoledabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vom-ragnaroek.de/uploads/file/sevogabugefivozotit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroynerud-sm.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b277810a5ba---sifexebavalokula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://briljant-maleri.se/UserFiles/files/19747624682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.novet.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a96caa3fe4b---35239065242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avs-market.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89918145597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aryaayur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082632650def---78312788589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autosoftware.company/autoresponders_images/files/52328177071.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_off0000f9ee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9EE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011200.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11200 17332 bytes
SHA-256: e4f64a8edd6fb78985bc06f7dd28312fe530b9c91944ee0d9a82be0b160c9a60
font_02_sfnt_off00013f6e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13F6E 11280 bytes
SHA-256: 90a50af7a19be7551d19196f802e8d3f6033dccb8fcddba4b0c3ccf576d72c13