Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 af411189a4c0a718…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.4 KB Created: 2021-09-17 02:14:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: d7e1b69c9351e29cc1de1430b672cd30 SHA-1: 1bb124e8d5f4765511d8fcf7773db00a8233e61c SHA-256: af411189a4c0a718e75913eaad55c6bed47a30380126181d45ee16ed0e3624ed
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript and multiple external links, flagged by heuristics as a link farm and a potential social engineering attack (ClickFix). The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript and external URLs suggest the document is designed to lure the user into clicking links or executing commands, likely to download and run a secondary malicious payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • ClickFix social engineering attack high SE_CLICKFIX
    Document instructs the user to press Win+R or paste a command into a terminal — consistent with ClickFix attacks that bypass macro restrictions by tricking users into running malicious commands directly
  • 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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+mount+my+sd+card PDF link annotation
    • http://mackyz7automotive.com/js/upload/files/45045373677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fertilityupdates.com/userfiles/files/gamaruwogediw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ukwoodrecycling.com/userfiles/files/kevovewaxasujoxijiforep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cleannshieldflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0de8759ddb5064e2bd8a8957985f3209/kubotasafagilusofogawumuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aksukartela.com/images_upload/files/72087019101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xahscw.com/userfiles/file/sutukoluzinanixotew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kalyna.ua/sites/default/files/userfiles/file/rifukowaneko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursakaynak.net/userfiles/file/30714568147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aksaaydinlatma.com/img/editor/image/file/dozewifalokan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lumisolar.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137812d56432---58122560756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://americasbestwingsbeltsville.com/uploads/files/puriposumopifirenapaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plkorea77.com/ckupload/files/nezikevaneriromodanadan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hak-al.com/resimler/files/tukopemunexivavopuxife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicolari.it/userfiles/files/figixogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://big-affaires.com/img/pics/files/18089727628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veganogle.es/uploads/ckfinder/files/dazedakewuwisopema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettobotteonpierpaolostudioabacus.it/userfiles/files/buxetudefujotibofirara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pck.malopolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/346520e6c21a78963e80584bb47216df/gularikewizibokefavuviki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://svetplus.com/userfiles/files/rafejibadonubelalodezobax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gadkowski.pl/repository/filemanager/file/77658839976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://interference.ajoda.eu/userfiles/files/ziriwovemusatawozum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modernplating.com/userfiles/file/gatafukesuxiwigozax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balticstroy.com/uploads/files/89237343138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://total-sport.pl/img/upload/files/40320994793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jobtiara.com/files/files/96013108773.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_off0000dd62.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD62 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f574.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF574 19392 bytes
SHA-256: 5f9d411f8cee37aa6b0f93444528bd0a807e2879ea7a6f3fb6ab5afee4833d32
font_02_sfnt_off000127eb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x127EB 10552 bytes
SHA-256: a95e79daf9b8dcdb3874d68f3da50e1691b2f6e0cb4269efa917ad7c821e7791