Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 af7663e44f27cf74…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.5 KB Created: 2021-09-16 12:03:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: c0ab642fa4599b8c5a4cc87199c89bf9 SHA-1: 17ef2293db9274cead36f305cc5b5be4c7205b2c SHA-256: af7663e44f27cf7482acefbadee388d4e8922de97d5060e61562b2f3ec61e9b8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=harry+potter+movie+collection+download PDF link annotation
    • https://damiel.eu/userfiles/file/sugapemirarifidabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://projetounificado.com/uploads/files/kixutijesotulutularod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://halkum.rs/files/50746702897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gardens-spa.com/user_pict/file/97128354941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thietbivesinhanhhuy.com/asset/files/fufexovuxarenijogagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naplesredeals.com/userfiles/files/ritebogexotusoxepajolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.191seo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139de4d18194---61782219277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pfollowers.com/ci/userfiles/files/59045543369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elektrobetrieb-scholz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161404679bc07f---zomipapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://owop.challengersports.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zomexasazixof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://astefin.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fimokom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pmdrecycling.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161429aeca767a---22244335429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vetsnab32.ru/userfiles/file/76849571832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grupo.iberia.es/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lewetizatamiminewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://files.ibiza-ferien.de/file/53252780461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dansobentre.net/uploads/file/nilavuxaxogumurodisuzopag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://northwestconvention.cz/data/files/tewatefesimekanupanumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://birgatour.mn/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66601926554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nage-z.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jujimud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psihodesk.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20176355732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daotaonhaccong.com/uploads/userfiles/file/12905172602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pjzhengwang.com/upload/file/20210916_113149_132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doublehaircenter.com/upload/ckfinder/files/zejinevagitugaromek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-menu.hu/editor_up/kajezajadapav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jiu-hang.com/upfiles/editor/files/96416757950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eyescare.vn/app/webroot/upload/ckfinder/files/fezupoxinuxotezajanipafo.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_off0000ca87.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA87 18736 bytes
SHA-256: 67f52738e5014563fc772c9a8119f1faa032e3c97b5cd61037ca5fa7a9c65b4e
font_01_sfnt_off0000fad0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFAD0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000112e7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112E7 10764 bytes
SHA-256: c68211d4326f7875025748381032801ea998d75b2d5cdbc891ae451116f111b4