Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 af5789689c812365…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.3 KB Created: 2021-09-25 01:55:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 75883908ca03ca6d95daea5cdac93ba7 SHA-1: 8cbe6fe36c64d3567d48555028be164377883c3e SHA-256: af5789689c812365c8eb3f77f8b7376cf2aaeeb5d86c20a85a1d208d598b9af4
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, and exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure. It contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or downloads. The document's structure and heuristics indicate it's designed to trick users into clicking links that likely lead to further compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 1 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 68 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://f1com.ge/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/61d8f361d2f985e9f788cbdc1a9c7e01/jusumizijesulonivabe.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://contua.org/userfiles/file/76010474835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://proart.by/media/file/refivuranedij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timebank.ru/sites/default/files/photos/pagefile/pavesawofuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asset-books.com/userfiles/file/71286726772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chauffeur-prive-nice.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161479547a6fd1---datexodexiradoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhadeptannguyen.com/uploads/files/laferiravafatub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kdsonline.org/userfiles/file/fixawobake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://columb-sklep.pl/userfiles/file/kitonagulalabos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://absolutelyneon.com/userfiles/file/lakiwagez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://varida-tech.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38700545445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andimoda.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/369777d35c5623329a2abfc2a8472912/gipasadubojoxorekokopozaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daiichibus.vn/uploads/news_file/tisagonizebidimotesobes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onishi-kyosendo.jp/archive/jekuwili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.icicle-mountaineering.ltd.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/giridobodab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realimpacto.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161368935195d4---vudatunomivoxaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vgk.tw/upfile/files/2021/09/20/seravuxufatiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hyundaihungthinh.com/uploads/images/files/sibolutofipate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zivotzaokny.eu/res/file/18846544732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aluminial.pnh.pt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tubedokuvofurepakunutad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://j1ent.com/userfiles/file/20210908124616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tucarrorentacar.co/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65295099719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=boostapk+com+downloadPDF 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_off0000afe1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAFE1 14244 bytes
SHA-256: 50681cec438e4389a20e4a9a6524af0a4883d15dca1f13f9ca4f6425e1f4114e
font_01_sfnt_off0000d349.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD349 10580 bytes
SHA-256: 3aea46cca65a3c020fa7e549e6da55dd33f13f7b28836302de6e615e45f3851f
font_02_sfnt_off0000eb9b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB9B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1