Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 af5d1c344c8d4680…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.0 KB Created: 2021-06-29 04:59:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 6dc8254c0d53625be5c89d194d2a855b SHA-1: e41c485fa9fb81131186fcebed99b1508144ea8f SHA-256: af5d1c344c8d4680f0ff2ef66d81d499a8f7c3a175b52063425c0aa629310a97
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are consistent with a malicious PDF dropper.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

Heuristics 7

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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 https://www.tangelo.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099216405f97---nagowubuvox.pdf
    • http://jyjwqj.com/uploadfile/file///2021060219284888.pdf
    • http://deborahbrown.us/clients/860103/File/21289360046.pdf
    • https://studio45.live/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3eklngfg333u58pidpr2nelsb5/woforakapaminenoxefubad.pdf
    • http://xinyuemu.net/assets/202106/files/20210613093100870009.pdf
    • https://www.sesc.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7kh5b8s55f31c498j888mrhsb1/pasisalafarubiwaz.pdf
    • http://gennarimaq.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075d1ac78916---powaboderepesififar.pdf
    • http://www.colegiometa.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aea8fb1c947---wupuxula.pdf
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kg3tf1q6saqjicn0j03d2uuhi4/54791682232.pdf
    • http://aep-tc.com/cache/fck_files/file/lirezinogepojigubo.pdf
    • https://xn----7sbabak5acz7byau.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/556f96329fd3235a1005eebd5c3b5f22/xababerigawaxulu.pdf
    • https://socialchangefactory.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/000dad6d38470b2b87aafec9e8ea7241/mevuxaneroxokekedu.pdf
    • https://www.davidcosz.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/117q3v8o9pp5v0i4dirjo1o9fv/55803497458.pdf
    • http://cleangroupbd.com/ck/upload/files/82083774470.pdf
    • http://poongdung.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210627_79DC6D34B7966067.pdf
    • http://bioident.pl/photos_fck/file/70470675463.pdf
    • http://allmedicus.com/userfiles/file/36266465803.pdf
    • https://ceadersvalet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5f61d28735---19396454459.pdf
    • https://thriveelearning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/00d86ffdcae2e29c4652e9df2d11308a/badawixagugen.pdf
    • https://www.davidcosz.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fc0cdqd8nj6amvdn4hgjclqj77/gomerepifubadew.pdf
    • http://africanhairbraidingsalon.com/userfiles/file/44818985957.pdf
    • http://xn--k1akb4c.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/49034547873.pdf
    • https://www.baptistenhardenberg.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098430440a7e---94289647477.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=wedding+dress+cleaning+near+me
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f673.bin
327e21f8fbbf08d5cdbc26e3e31bf84bc73a927b9b348521caff1c4a2f446a6c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF673 10488 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010dfe.bin
feff0c746b955bd76eff477aa606013f85eea8d61644f52835510d7cd03c30b0
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DFE 17732 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013b9f.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13B9F 16792 bytes