Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 af5de47907de5545…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.8 KB Created: 2021-09-23 23:10:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 562d3517aee6b80ff3c923ad0693a5ac SHA-1: e30974546dc9eba4b4c0e31407b6d549ed693ede SHA-256: af5de47907de55458751edb1baf6c5d027defc679033982f8f7f7bb128dfe83e
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF employs an image-based lure, a common tactic for phishing or malware delivery. It contains numerous links to external sites, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or download further stages. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9950

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 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.
  • 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://ontis.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/patatuwilijujelezufufoxe.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ldcpc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28998562409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agentcctv.com/userfiles/file/sopekulazewiworeweguw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teaterskolen-efteruddannelsen.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94512737458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travels-ukraine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161463f7d4ef44---12680754122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pavcargo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f74ec8928cc343775b5e1b8757a03516/zekaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toonesk.com/upload/99109361434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veiligheidssloten.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lovinupirogonowevax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://speakingparrot.com/upload/ckfinder/files/99266984007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eravukappalpalli.com/userfiles/file/welanulejejimodanowan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kubak-ubezpieczenia.pl/userfiles/file/79419609841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16144fa18abaa0---59165849788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://textingrights.com/userfiles/files/resofibof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maffart-guy.com/userfiles/file/28131926166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ikhmongol.mn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vutifarutekolasadik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://traveletrust.com/basefile/traveletrustcom/files/patosefesokan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.brennholz-heinlein.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141c55215749---26025021986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bentleyplemtech.ru/userfiles/file/37539268195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loppisidjupdalen.se/images/uploaded/file/palovetuwuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--or3bo5mvlb.com/data/editor/file/69904161339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miraclechuppahs.com/userfiles/file/93542915332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://positiveforce.in/uploads/files/91570003090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://assurancemauricie.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d5dbe174ca---57069878385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lianbang123.com/uploads/files/202109220206593368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eduomania.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612eec3d02064---devibedinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=angry+birds+go+not+available+in+your+countryPDF 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_off0000b181.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB181 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c998.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC998 10944 bytes
SHA-256: cdbccd963bb4fd967da73eb24ae010eaa08e24c52c8b0aaf4177db812bf6e434
font_02_sfnt_off0000e2f0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2F0 14012 bytes
SHA-256: 59247b90eb237495ae4fb15ac3adfd51c7901a578bd9b5afb024f8688cde09ec