Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 af4a80eff144ef8a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.9 KB Created: 2021-07-07 08:28:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: c3ce81b4a2c257f817535d9fe6e40908 SHA-1: e23a7f2024f8f2d1bbd26eb0d160be46dc1bb487 SHA-256: af4a80eff144ef8a3fa542049b3a3c45e3e02a0da4ced4863c7b4bba846d5a3c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised WordPress upload storage locations. These links are likely intended to host phishing content or further malware payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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 http://www.akutrans.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3c8dda5a23---83223561468.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://frasertechno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a32a5a6797---23416464375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mkkdigital.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a315263be11---fizopelurimumaxujelig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.esthemed.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd452575633---fugiporeru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stressmanagement-karriere.de/userfiles/file/27566287991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kachhiproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ffaln44jj7v2jonhn749fhail2/mifan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://osikovo.eu/webroot/img/content/files/66148869572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blackshirts1962.com/clients/f/f2/f245580d3072b78cda2271cf7a7e3f61/File/22006738273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://freedomhypnosisnyc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c4adeb68b0107f3ff9a9980d800e83c0/rudazisonuzobimed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ifacemount.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/el0unjf22la9cg0gsjjrfo69qf/gutalibisudibozatugedebik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://an-professional.ru/img/files/file/28818046358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lohs69.com/clients/82366/File/20235143248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://muahohangnhat.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/44725115696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gospel-pour-100-voix.com/fichiers/newsletter/file/lofetaxet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leap-egypt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c46f4416f7---xofulupifegelikukiwul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tycoonmedical.com/userfiles/file/97245172165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sg-callenberg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f2b33c8096---19751877474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fietenhaardenenkachels.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adce5878621---junelaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pokorny-podlahy.cz/UserFiles/File/94701592940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gloriouz.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/soluwesup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irinaburmistrova.ru/files/vuxoxabazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouldersudbury.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607321fd46419---babumufarewelujebogap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://permanentnimakeup-brno.cz/userfiles/files/fotopojimupagipewapiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=foo+fighters+and+nirvanaPDF 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_off000109e6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109E6 28404 bytes
SHA-256: ccf733a1e02ac3e8c18678e72d75fb008696425916ea777489c26a727176af04
font_01_sfnt_off00014498.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14498 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00015caf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15CAF 10632 bytes
SHA-256: 47cd7c71153657225f65a56ad64f745e3888abc9c6461289ae8e586be798eade