Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 af34fd75cf6f651d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

104.4 KB Created: 2021-09-21 21:58:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 0f7a568152c3c2a1fc56cead512a0fd6 SHA-1: 212708356c7c6a5fa194b4860ef16092a3bc3f71 SHA-256: af34fd75cf6f651d6aa618eaf4ac44167397ada5f5136e825360f7e65982c830
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains multiple heuristics indicating it is a link farm, with several URLs pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of numerous external links is the primary indicator of the attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9449

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://worldtradezone.com/userfiles/file/tomagenaduzutukisixus.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ganteltechnology.com/system/userfiles/file/ralalirarasarimemegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cerritos.songhakbbq.com/uploads/files/92112113096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perfecthospital.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nepexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agribusiness.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161324e8d8be84---bafabuvinipum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alihuata.com/userfiles/file/14774114662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tainanrup.longi.tw/uploadfiles/files/20210904_054443_6840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imreelectric.sk/uploads/file/58871002109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.taxikladis.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138eba80810b---46836872809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoscuolepintozzi.it/userfiles/files/62748658802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://itscebu.com/upload/file/20210920085045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hopefor.today/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f732834c25f50605017dc0da48ea960b/wewajufotoro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brenderup.ro/mm/file/63571034732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vegasoft.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b567e86189---zoxopefizenaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lavishlook.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/28e8d5fc2037c6526ebc20724dcdffc9/40068954835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bednidhitraders.com/userfiles/file/ruxajelezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://c2ctrading.org/cms_upload/files/42863361354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bibrka-school.org.ua/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bijup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dobre-akce.cz/media/files/file/14300811236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osingenieria.com/images/admin/file/vixaxuzanidov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://togclick.com/media/userFckfiles/file/wowizovajavikevomanemofud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://strategieb2b.ca/userfiles/file/jowonekajikekexajisux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nationalherbo.com/userfiles/file/79959916596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualityroofinnandsuites.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/98498996898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://whereestar.com/marinarubicon/admin/file/bifadewejabalebabuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cuichi177.com/uploads/files/202109072227042465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pmfegypt.com/userfiles/files/64162105600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=goodnotes+ios+freePDF 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 5

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000fe99.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE99 26212 bytes
SHA-256: 05bec7ee77278785805a0e4fcb975f8f063aa9340b9572aa777f2b94517a1dc1
font_01_sfnt_off000141f6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x141F6 1820 bytes
SHA-256: ef4c56b83544acc0eae329b123dcb13384a4443b8ee25b6b011fcec9f25c534c
font_02_sfnt_off00014a81.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14A81 10180 bytes
SHA-256: e550aca6da056074aabbaa76b39c1a2e36fe1b94d653a97772f66466a3408773
font_03_sfnt_off00016171.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16171 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_04_sfnt_off00017982.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17982 17088 bytes
SHA-256: 681a369de8f7475a1ef74e31ae7cd9633bd54257016b8b7cf3158d4053ecaa3b