Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 af39c33f240cdfd8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.5 KB Created: 2021-09-13 05:52:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: b30e2c62cf23f4aa5b5338363775f26e SHA-1: 3d00b6c66281e014926b95f6153da8ee321d65d5 SHA-256: af39c33f240cdfd842dc24fe95346166d3e01c75b3b78e9939cd62a76c5b9b68
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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 https://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=yuval+noah+harari+articles+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://www.herbertvanderbrugghen.nl/draft/40626802502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleyhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b2713d12a2ad30820aa85673359be776/97241017277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://braintradingbcn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/be72558be5bb0cdb65f2a63f31d89b77/zojure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.digitalsofts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e7fb667c49---82139278920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cisseo.net/userfiles/files/55589852641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lentilles-progressives.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161335e274927f---30190594755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://danangsculpture.com/uploads/image/files/tosupejimagozovetujasup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dnepropress.net/files/file/pixubefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kayakbranson.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e7a665e8cd---33822846978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diagonal.org.ar/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612e9d61268fd---juxoxetoxuvutopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://premium-house.uz/images/file/wesemetedemukax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://machulski.com/public/file/57850000192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gs-hemeringen.de/ablage/userfiles/files/58583644569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shopveriamici.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n3gqetg5in55dk1ff89o3rsljk/dubibodudutadofawobuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://planao.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82568449816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atomleasing.ru/media/File/xisudutotixidex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pemaboutiquehotel.com/assets/userfiles/files/58150248647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://starfishdowney.com/uploads/files/gituzafuberuxaguwazetodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yourtuscanyguide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4vcuo9q4k3md2kd74frkj5iif7/92909620048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lakesnwoodskerala.com/uploads/file/dasawotezol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bookmyexcellence.com/bookmyexcellence/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76989284380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cnn-logistics.com/asset/files/renokusitarawixodomis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://audyt.rowerowaszkola.pl/imgturysta/files/ripuriwunopawumatita.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_off0000d024.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD024 10864 bytes
SHA-256: 480c0628c5a5895b82c905e005460eefd1ec76f4c17d0b78b25ba5602f709854
font_01_sfnt_off0000e931.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE931 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010143.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10143 17968 bytes
SHA-256: 09c10a83d420791d857c4289d82b279a6ff74608521fa3812f24dcc78dcc8556