Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 af41c5069341f325…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.4 KB Created: 2021-07-20 15:05:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: bd02718ab5b8c67a7ec521b58fc4c606 SHA-1: e43b82e919b465dbe5e19f612c2c23f50ff7a0d9 SHA-256: af41c5069341f325fa0f0d5b471964a19e1423ec213cba916af4d72a6af75f3c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The file contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9833

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://ortechindustries.ca/ci/userfiles/files/91811978368.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://wlao.on.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fa4fb8d3388b8af2e63e0e7630f8ade4/93899976636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afayl.com/userfiles/file/92020918941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.inhd.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607378f279170---zepanojasanatuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maslag.eu/userfiles/file/newefaruk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nevjegykiraly.hu/userfiles/files/65002257958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://syteq-pro.com/userfiles/file/tituxepefef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.logomarcanet.com/userfiles/file/95889876131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ehblending.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3bb3f1296fb7b1084421a9a563f5596f/sibiturosumige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humantouchtranslations.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160c02425af4ba---97313052193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhuoer.ltd/userfiles/file/29156414990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fusheng-vietnam.vn/admin/webroot/upload/image/files/zowanaxitoxobiniduromoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dietacud.eu/upload/file/sewanuzumuram.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unnatiwelfareorganization.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53301132403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aduanaldelvalle.com/userfiles/file/rubejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geostudio.eu/userfiles/files/8121402851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thealloywheelcentre.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/35f14e536982ba7493ce682366e330ae/kutikezazimovoxewiwurofej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adhdadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b60c4b847d---filosedesefomepul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fotografoeventimilano.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc8ad104abf---navosinipujolexanuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kartelabasligi.com/images_upload/files/vofupisosil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amiablediamonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/96fcb463da5cb7635e3eecf8597cc932/72194730226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thaiboat.net/image/upload/File/wafelavoref.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grand-forge.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/80f43bd2efaca124a487f23c8c2e3c9b/wenaruwogazofafolebopeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hinkler.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mafusitokavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baptistenhardenberg.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9ee20b0d2---bogebixaveba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nordatec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j6b53ql5h9erug76r2t9lbbtmp/57210941729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alvirne88.com/clients/71477/File/16897524807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=ncert+solutions+for+class+9+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_off0000e21f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE21F 10860 bytes
SHA-256: 8e4203e8f3c165728fce25e6016da684eb84122c895ab89d015d565e36302cd3
font_01_sfnt_off0000fb58.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB58 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001136a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1136A 16608 bytes
SHA-256: 3d67d61f6b0f2268533e85821eb8959cfc480c9a9f7b80e96975aa63d7adb470