Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 af86f16f4fcd881b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.5 KB Created: 2021-07-28 06:49:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-22
MD5: 3630de8f36e4453ed834f94c054f2a0b SHA-1: 13407ae0f52b8eee6433cd8c7d6e7393e4050b4b SHA-256: af86f16f4fcd881b8e98f22331f337a8116fafc5cbf98628c926787ef6c09070
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external links, some pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to deliver a second-stage payload. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a phishing or social engineering attack vector. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' reinforces the malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://bluetact.com/locktactyuma/userfiles/file/lopelixikimosotadixef.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://absolutelyneon.com/userfiles/file/63385948729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marsagri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2d701eebf9---noxutafakevenomugipoditab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ddriu.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9c7b457b9da0eeb085601d04deca7196/57300435225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chortho.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dk3fracldaotlt91m5jf6furmh/wetuwululumarozubano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edgecs.com/documents/teneruxibofuvaboxesimipes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ranaghatpchsschool.org/userfiles/file/91094273751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vickers-electronics.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c1f47396583d14b3c3378e24aa1289a5/vurumipetajiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nomorcantikjoss.com/file/87820620628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanboo.cn/Uploads/file/2021061319014570554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gruppocreta.com/userfiles/files/68328261023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erkerlaender.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d8c9b42c3f0---42883566795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.themixchange.com/userfiles/files/fatizemevevepugiwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mrsinternationalbeautypageant.com/clients/8/8c/8c0f0497d7166b07b5568c04be8084ca/File/kaganavoneg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tcremich.lu/files/files/wunijefoxade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.polni.si/Images/files/8562817603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlasautoglass.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8253d76d5f---67910350413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tfnd.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5db54baf5fd58e962c0723b626f0e070/kerifufipojivivagupaxam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oss90svrapdvt34bck60rbi9v1/56646313765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yesilkoyluleriz.biz/resimler/files/90514557754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arerp.kr/data/file///xapapimidijaroma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holocaustresearch.pl/nowy/photo/file/lazujaribizej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arserwood.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210625004845392631mrb6yh.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gbeequestriansurfaces.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pva6rcf5nu4a8kc1sed5qlm13t/garurebune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://interesttour.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6cda0cceb4ea143d99e650695cea1129/bofumivudozevelagazud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=ubuntu+server+guide+20.04+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_off0000f6c4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6C4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010edb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EDB 11044 bytes
SHA-256: f23421eb0cead9457a199c825e3de5b8613ecd35c83df8619da1b6b25fad31e9
font_02_sfnt_off00012863.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12863 17800 bytes
SHA-256: 63e33a47e593ca0f1c11747af6f9c8b3c05137b21478ac0201fec618f03a7dc7