Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 af2a96ec3b07ea49…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.8 KB Created: 2021-07-27 16:30:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 4052b1a22a4bbe2284c776dd1667ad96 SHA-1: 49afd00338972933c96d102a95d7934cbfd7667e SHA-256: af2a96ec3b07ea496a4b3f3b5708707dfae8aa2a436bc9208acb2cc2b4e7d567
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

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 and contains embedded JavaScript. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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 http://associacaoguainumbi.org.br/wp/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a50b1958fef---96841912461.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.ltgpartners.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60112dcb12065079986934e898d140c3/zaxasixenos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conwaychristian.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160823244e5597---mapuzopavixegixaxopov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lynxitservices.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pudol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spreewaldatelier.de/img/editor/file/92416908883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cokhitienvuong.com/uploads/files/tujomutisudakafol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fattyweng.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7a78b7da35---zawesirugap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phsdcenter.com/temp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/piketirexikodewep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abnicum.com/files/file/voxomujaxalasilitanawibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhythmcprandfirstaid.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a905d8a3a99a87f1b33b227064c10494/lokusomuletogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d1lcd56n8bmhu6cf96k6j0uv74/faxazuzetuzakafarala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://creativeindustries.ru/uploads/userfiles/file/rejubivikadebunev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gleason.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54429957503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://certifiedmoversinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/040991f1183aa8468a457e1488c9556e/sijeza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beaszemin.com/files/lexaxikerinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arcadia1973reunion.com/clients/3/33/33cb7023d77084166ed027ca16b579b7/File/81533440931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://astefin.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59858347768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://festivaldeliteraturadepereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072d36eeeee6---98674240545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahkkpcm.org/userfiles/43254894158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn-----6kcaheblih5ab0a6afqbzoqe.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79354847806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ewinghighclassof1963.com/clients/e/e4/e4cb61fc1babc639533983e887b7272d/File/wotuxib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lightingsolutionsal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/24c72279697ef9c0583b983034c4baee/fidimunek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.themeshcowork.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5600fc528ad643c6fc46043d901210a7/67902378570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=the+plague+albert+camus+summary+pdfPDF 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_off00011f92.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F92 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000137a9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x137A9 11068 bytes
SHA-256: 333737d32667fc05bb206c9b85365da0048a5a22c0f34c66a8f3bedc360acb2a
font_02_sfnt_off00015120.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15120 16980 bytes
SHA-256: 69e65fd462f0771eb1308fc6db03785d2736f6dedf1dbe56fcb5f6f7ee3b9fce