Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 af7b145c91055b53…

MALICIOUS

PDF

127.5 KB Created: 2021-09-06 08:10:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: eda0c22fb6ec36c458de418f87f35f57 SHA-1: 1f6e2a994dc5589e4246cf49d41912981389b7d3 SHA-256: af7b145c91055b53f295d2fefc103d89ce7667773cd5863dd6e41c6424d0e7ea
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest a phishing or trojan payload delivery mechanism. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or download of further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9969

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 http://volvo-cars.jp/js/upload/files/xebugiwalexujurafa.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.carolglassman.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0fec2eca57---mijamepipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abzesolar.com/uploads/files/modaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://belgradenightlife.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rkvbumnm0vp2g014poprckn6fi/97763430497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.myhhsi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3549ed6febc68514e77abd96d2bc9421/83631684275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fqcycpa.com/jingkelun/userfiles/files/20210902174929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ophtalmic-overnight.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160852eb3d3f71---xinutif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kibunajcc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jezeli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://konstruktor33.ru/app/webroot/files/files/wufeboli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brakos.it/file/pilamavikivegitinekomibam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://twgo8.com/uploads/base/files/202108180926223149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chocolatycakes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e23cf0f0286---90576339138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v3sbqhve02kvi5ki3587dutfg9/18312781324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ziepniekkalns.lv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b825a9c818---zekamagekuxuxozanoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kiuanai.com/userfiles/file/sulegoselu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e73116616f---tegujal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wscnaturalhealings.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bd5f6f2316270fbb480643eabf0775f6/rabujujivevatotegopuxelef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.myhhsi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/643045a4eba5b9ada9bdf9dd1ac9a8ba/37821724240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhatrangpalace.vn/app/webroot/upload/files/66661185067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bce5c6603b5---87432083295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cisseo.net/userfiles/files/tatulelexes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://castilloexterior.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40695337347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stbenedikt.ch/userfiles/files/jibogefakedapukidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ordinate-ltd.com/file_media/file_image/file/50052195856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=admir%C3%A1vel+mundo+novo+aldous+huxley+pdfPDF 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_off0001843c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1843C 11208 bytes
SHA-256: 29232b37a99eeab559b1e7632d5b966456c87f6fd1d1b7008fe00197da450858
font_01_sfnt_off00019de5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19DE5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001b5f7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1B5F7 21696 bytes
SHA-256: 3aa17991b905076d4b0ac9a4e1429693f04b1b91fe0cef3c372416731dc9d1e1