Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 af2d1b92ef8851f9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.3 KB Created: 2021-08-18 18:34:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 3a8be9faf80d2dd941539cc73609b3cf SHA-1: f38d4274d5cea544c5e8a982c3156a9ea1aa9479 SHA-256: af2d1b92ef8851f9d727cb62ad5264204756cfe57566d74204a3adabf7b84d5f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites, which are part of a link farm designed to obscure the ultimate destination, potentially for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9989

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://ipjanah.ir/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8biko12j38e63usd0risq2mjl5/66511197354.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://richardchong.com/userfiles/files/bukopinuzunizagamunapavab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://k1a.ru/images/files/file/tugurir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://themodernla.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/044577fcc69e328cd5cdbb5dbcd1d9c5/vafokefizodavelikukuper.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.treehousecare.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160820c3663a98---lixediri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robertmatzuzi-massagetherapist.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aad3893aa89---lelamurek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.immiflex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ba1c7dfda4---ludunupim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vickers-electronics.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/472de323b23a73413b4bd908044bc3ad/80607461490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dmddsgn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d450e7c732faf726d2c5f92c94956f2/29276727211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://piqiso.ru/userfiles/file/8632115141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ankurgroups.com/userfiles/file/36152610860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://czdashan.cn/uploadfile/file/2021050208122873499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thailaundry.com/imgUpload/files/xiluziso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://di-tech.kr/fckeditor/userfiles/file/wusuxefiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://weddingdiy.cc/uploadfiles/files/20210704_214744_5790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bridalchapel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160982e184c162---taresumebebixinetumoraxak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecoinkworld.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/919e0f69c8048b13613118bf64d50b78/tidejizibusuzutivopowuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rama-sp.com/rama/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93738213995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maloneslandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160820367652a8---94388961252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nutronicltd.com/userfiles/file/rurid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gps-tw.com/CKEdit/upload/files/26906993228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://automsystem.com/UploadFile/file/20210505202704753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://minhnguyenvn.com/uploads/userfiles/file/39994065961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skuplaptop.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160949dde5c432---99891169286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ecvbrass.ch/user/web/file/74515237589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=ficus+microcarpa+ginseng+care+instructionsPDF 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_off000102b5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102B5 10748 bytes
SHA-256: 74e4964861e9a98ea8fea6220117ef237d2ad231b70d6fb3a4130f4ed6b1d2a2
font_01_sfnt_off00011b6c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B6C 16600 bytes
SHA-256: eb25e1b1943c9ea978ef2c7e8cbf792bdc55385e35ca15ae94e68f74164e837c
font_02_sfnt_off000146a0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x146A0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1