Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 af690a7bebdaf144…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.0 KB Created: 2021-09-02 22:55:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 7916f446920de20e184ead9d37b99e7d SHA-1: 4d9529d58017880ffd7d5701b116e9376f6842a0 SHA-256: af690a7bebdaf144acba8b5a40948513b8c56da45c04888a039c5dbf56ae4d17
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. These indicators, along with ClamAV detection as a phishing trojan, suggest the document is designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates this redirection or further malicious activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=alejandro+casona+la+barca+sin+pescador+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://thetachikappasigmaalumni.org/clients/5/56/56ac51e2ee760b54d3ff8b7d53c877b7/File/perekuxusalunimexur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cleannshieldflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c8fff565b3c9ac874b7b99ffc959a276/46139344749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a32aa8232498297e3a3d71f41bbd7c9f/84569888297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reaga.net/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sosegirorutemako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uci.ir/userfiles/file/mulogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zemiigori.com/uploads/file/80431201166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://414movement.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e04f1fa87ce140d061c4296da6724a56/84400500410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://portsidestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/84151bc6698aa7ba07b6e904d2c9c2b3/43588211391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viettelhaiphong.me/data/dulieu/files/gafojurigezuneres.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarljarry.fr/userfiles/file/80563937165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://118highschool.am/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/670e1010dbd10f113341b7370da13008/66683460668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erh-hu.com/userfiles/file/josokibifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inarchengineering.it/userfiles/files/merelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.valathors.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97844770376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exito-opakowania.pl/userfiles/file/96933559478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unipell.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a32513c7c0b---numasewim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hzzxtl.com/UploadFile/file/20210716101046619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luckyassessoria.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a370a1aeae4---48620421015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aapltd.net/userfiles/file/4515615235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dungcuruamui.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9phh4fjvg1qviub9l2o5o7hn9m/zononidexumofujot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lacausedeslivres.com/userfiles/file/17791434837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jiin-torng.com/uploadfiles/20210811001248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eltdb.com/UserFiles/files/90601374588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.posluh.hr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83936087224.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_off0000dd6e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD6E 18788 bytes
SHA-256: b7a42161c9a9b84f6e784282b961fd93048a46b009aedbc32b7671ea8a29a4e6
font_01_sfnt_off00010d6b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D6B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012582.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12582 10764 bytes
SHA-256: 79489549f2a7c9a73c4e31dbb0f0671a4d09c2d093ced9b0a735ece0e71598f0