Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 af602bed0e65e5e5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.9 KB Created: 2021-07-07 20:09:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: da28d6fc5e81e5f2e849ea57174d7397 SHA-1: fb25081da0fc99565e0e4967367c45aba1564a89 SHA-256: af602bed0e65e5e536f877817d28c1efa3a808d0076cb7268c903cf33e93647d
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF sample was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as a phishing trojan. It contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of embedded JavaScript indicates potential for further malicious actions beyond simple redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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
  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://sacoorhealth.pt/site/upload/file/mavodumigufomiwuro.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://zeroseistudio.eu/userfiles/files/48271168685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rideabikenews.com/user_img/files/sagiralo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robinio.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/89g385pqrpl96bf3mhf10at9rs/buwidefazopolefasemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christembassyromford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/473060b2cded5d0e1e772f6665dee8c3/53597922045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gostinica-domodedovo.ru/files/delikoxotot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argra.rs/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf824052f44---84797151306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spherule.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4fe3a7ce6fc411b24d7c75f2fcde73b3/49424863932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novussiteyonetimi.com/uploads/file/56854521927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pet-fashion.ro/mm/file/51650025737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gaviprintpack.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba6ba6d4223---4590746925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finalstage.biz/js/upload/files/tinadapoxuwugixipub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://schreinerheusi.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078a7017eb61---7737454707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.justgiveahand.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160868eaf4271b---38997502460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emeat.ru/var/files/fakomuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avenirpourtous.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7ab6f2101c---vutagajupobige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kystop.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t57116es7pecg8kce2d4m3i431/bofufopelewerogipetame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lapenya.cat/imgjovesnaves/file/1019058426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longchimvac.net/app/webroot/uploads/files/26467212209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vtracauto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0523713aa4---kazifom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plswa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2c5ec2a8984053338538715276ac5088/nokedipavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://findmealocalpainter.com/insurazon/admin/userfiles/file/gixewelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://youstore21.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6b43d5201a2f3ef7eb36cb9ccc3d2777/tedamotoxurevezugasevatap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://driver-jazda.pl/upload/file/51915943065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=risks+of+hypercalcemiaPDF 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_off0000f816.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF816 17232 bytes
SHA-256: b3e7671e240d7dad8168f24506fcc410fb62d60f2691953c69339792cb2f5f8c
font_01_sfnt_off0001257c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1257C 10792 bytes
SHA-256: c5489d413cd3a0e94600597348bfe7bf27a4f792bd14b728eb9c2b430aadf9ee
font_02_sfnt_off00013e62.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E62 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1