Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 af665b2b6dd9ca5f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.4 KB Created: 2021-09-01 11:14:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: e79fff8b2aec0b8191e1e06932c49aeb SHA-1: eb14635d6389e719fa5c2eb6d20a8c0139b30a7b SHA-256: af665b2b6dd9ca5ff22cacbeb616d5947956034a43901aef64e2c1fdb5ea7a65
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and by an ML classifier as malicious. It contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or are part of a link farm on disposable hosting. The embedded JavaScript and the link farm structure suggest an attempt to redirect the user to malicious sites, likely for phishing or to download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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 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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=first+up+meaning PDF link annotation
    • https://stiff.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nodofekixufixemefexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://discoverapartmentsforrent.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b2fa1dbe1fe5f69629274f20b7b22925/zagimivuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hinogas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/933g5n408gosgti08oivodlsmg/50810144455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mananthavadynorbertines.org/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xigebukana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tiwtactic.com/userfiles/files/wufunoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://riolospettacoli.it/filesUploads/file/90479489178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sportservistocik.cz/UserFiles/File/2378702801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pamatudarbai.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gilovefosurake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://otohyundaidanang.com/uploads/image/files/jadagebomejexepafoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://milcontabil.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/akgoptst9g6qinnlb4lv5pi6j6/14238862185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zabradli-znerezu.cz/userfiles/file/mukesulezozugitasinozulog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matsonconstruction.net/userfiles/file/47247134179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ponderosafestival.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16125107d79a56---5517973008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.louthadventures.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093cc4dbb3a9---rewepujiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trucraftsmanship.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f089a3724c---16576425446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hacunamatata.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6872df6c10d1f1978f24cb60830c7abe/83148063767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://voyagerf.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0bf8d79ca018d821115cdb5198cf6a81/nixaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://escqatar.com/uploads/userfiles/file/file/90083484607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fatamorgana.fr/uploads/assets/file/kunogonujilajovaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.djluk.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/93bvvs29io5dco10t8bd45a1ou/5469358453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://investainternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ed4357a8e4---sufimegeki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beribuket.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/783ad8ca2d749abb2b06789326d1d4cc/62756731361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://f1com.ge/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/858b659d65ad67ad5c3f65a86bee6558/tedawer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://questyme.ca/userfiles/file/vefarabasabuponoxopeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000f413.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF413 16984 bytes
SHA-256: ce28b50e85f387a8d5f6a8ea61c3da8a79a3bcd426cd9e6a4c64a6224676f143
font_01_sfnt_off00011fba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11FBA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000137d1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x137D1 10508 bytes
SHA-256: 234c11a80d96bc590fe60c07269198b0d4bdba20cae7f84d333b8ffc41c914ca