Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 af7e5e915e21f49a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

163.5 KB Created: 2021-09-06 16:32:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 4767f17e8007e33a50ea5fe15b37ad5c SHA-1: 7b1ddd79b3cd40dfb682eb575bc9e448bd971be5 SHA-256: af7e5e915e21f49a7c330c2e826a0924730daf15d4f3da5e5de58659bb370511
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1055.012 Process Injection T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and other disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to obscure the final malicious destination. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself is used to host and distribute malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9969

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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.
  • 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://propiedades.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50422781530.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://indiebookoftheday.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160711cdfae273---dobibuvomosefabakuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ysh.my/userfiles/file/40205685739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cambodiadriverservice.com/userfiles/file/27649324506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pypconsultores.mx/userfiles/file/xoniruluzom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prosegik.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e7328a172083600ab783bb108a15a73e/foxikuwajirojonuwerexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maidnheaven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cfed3eb7e7---63056251142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blackivy.pl/userfiles/file/5530585350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://privatecambodiatour.com/userfiles/file/78456231965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://basisangka.com/contents//files/92013161601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.driftime.ee/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bf8643f2be---32708577261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hediyevideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070e02fdeb3a---ziwuzumimadoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinara.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d392fd48387---luropodonimusidit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://syntellect.ru/Repository/file/pexoduwizufaparumumavawol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leicht-spb.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a75a93f15f75bbe052507907bd2caa03/90561248356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://egyiksem.hu/uploads/file/ziravukevug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariopisillibertozzi.eu/userfiles/files/fujoladidijege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nc2e.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e6afa09ef9e---17311147235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rts-wm.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31005652211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zbirozskepodzamci.cz/userfiles/92337424848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anvlaw.com/userfiles/file/44123330797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://celcg.pl/uploaded/file/zokomupegaporabapojaxik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maychamsocda.vn/images/userfiles/file/61146803896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=fdr+ax700+manualPDF 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_off00021ede.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x21EDE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000236f0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x236F0 19460 bytes
SHA-256: 9686b405c23820c938d8a77feba7920b416642f711e57facffeb01518c235926
font_02_sfnt_off0002699d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2699D 10148 bytes
SHA-256: cb8fb9f51fe4d01247f1089603fe0b8ad1f0ad6e683517fc692549cf7f85db54

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