Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 af556528d051b6b2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.9 KB Created: 2021-06-27 21:18:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-27
MD5: 7705ec866d8c14861efb14b5e4ca209c SHA-1: 48ccd71c24b7c8449b77e297cd994565517b159f SHA-256: af556528d051b6b24c4141a00bc1cdddf99a2cc053e3ffe9c9932c7733aafd90
124 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, hosting numerous PDF files on compromised WordPress sites. These links likely lead to phishing pages or further malware downloads, aiming to deceive users into clicking them.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier suspicious score 0.3632

Heuristics 5

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • 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
  • 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://hmv.ir/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606caf6319732---60056468186.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://regalcabs.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d4ac5e7877---baruvuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arizonapoolcontractor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3c36479634---95246823539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnc-soustruzeni.cz/files/file/63591244811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hadlowsecurityshutters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0622f3563284736cbe91ab1fabb5708c/vumudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mclarenpress.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088cf517c78d---fuzadobinig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gwhs79.com/clients/867100/File/22792321021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jennysbooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cc97b93cbbbc55805f5a2d6043396d84/93264941240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jjmcp.jp/userfiles/Image/file/65313900348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodeli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160729fc6b4207---vesitokolonozefigamutufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cambodiadriverservice.com/userfiles/file/wekewefupetosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://victorylimo1.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609439350c097---zaxekovuxijumovenagoburol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.inkfactory.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160942efb731cb---31285148722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.modianodesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160997f041f59a---91498594116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelselection.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cb9566fbfe---56465560180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beiwendq.com//data/attachment/file/gemopisetonilubezizawol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amctop.com/board_data/editor_img/file/202105121006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cravaluos.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78293173678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frontierexim.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pcp74ao8ogv48bdn0f6tktsv0d/ziwugakeworipiborozeruf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fortlauderdalelimorental.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080655852964---dozotusumezeto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://africa-emergence2019.com/userfiles/file/84963416287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nowackleverkusen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3be8094e51---nudavuwobijasarufigeves.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carefirstwalkathon.com/clients/8/89/89514deb4c0e8807eb046cac28c4977f/File/85204398168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=the+number+devil+activitiesPDF link annotation
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00010644.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10644 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011e5b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E5B 10784 bytes
SHA-256: fe6bb3aebf9cddad68c056634f1f6913d93f125c4e0c82ec05ad6b19ccdc43a4