Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 af801a8aaa2120a0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.2 KB Created: 2021-08-29 08:47:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: ced201f52c0201f1b45d4d722e8f75fb SHA-1: 4be54b0655c185512928809199e858c97c73dc4d SHA-256: af801a8aaa2120a0b7c1eef65b20a1f9453e3832d65a4779770551d36d5bf447
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the links and the PDF structure align with phishing or malware distribution tactics.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9934

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://bigxra.com/uploadfile/file/2021051202032373499.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://elenasteele.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af7d9f54c95---92027940674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zdrowejaja.com/Upload/file/xobunujavojawugumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.airportlimofortlauderdale.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091bcae75cc2---22769028657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kp9n7nosp6dpkrjt48l2lrsb3r/85378364997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blackknowledge.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5532f28db6a75e01da9a6d9d4b54059f/taginodaxek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inclinedigital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612946a464a3f---34795088784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d1d8d3107233ffc26d249262b9efe8e/66686483842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc0898.com/userfiles/file/20210714012148_do19a5.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.a-fairys-choice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161051dc474387---gegafazejerovasuvewog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ceramvetro.net/userfiles/file/vosizewinekikis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirks-pool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ea6e382e7b---ferinevifajiwok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sbmhavacilik.com/userfiles/file/pixuwolewowiwumatare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://natyabio.com/uploadfiles/jetumemadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://audiencefertilization.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/68443846227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zonwering-belgie.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zisorijubunukafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://symbioticlifetech.org/attfile/fckimg/file///2021051322059_544464278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://averon.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d4508584bd---pikarufawubolorigevudaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.megasaludips.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f8b4362647---timakifesosapinodavol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pferdefreunde-brueckenhof.de/sites/default/files/userfiles/file/xonaxudupuzinokeramun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carpanea.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5a305fbaca562fb51495be43bcc91406/jonenuviwokoxoguwuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joshuadacosta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c64a51948e6---1207489840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.victorian-manor.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b9aa8440db---750717632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tocgia247.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2h7on0uhqp22d38nms03m8ejpo/rixusalodariwuboba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serendipityorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160738848035b2---jutopagafebipovomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cradlegold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6tvhk8q307lvvces4gb8327qsu/41275709678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=frm+past+exam+papers+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_off0000c553.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC553 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000dd65.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD65 16280 bytes
SHA-256: 5ef6c453a8c2109d68eaad87920ad0843bf56678892356fd884f0c4a15d412ca
font_02_sfnt_off000106da.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106DA 10376 bytes
SHA-256: a56a0b08340361074e5c17b2dabd33c2639284f023c633555ac253614fbff4e1