Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 af87bae7e58da2b3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.1 KB Created: 2021-08-11 23:46:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: ad340897529fb1c4beba8a0ddb82bd1a SHA-1: 44eb0729eaf6e2f9e1317f5a339597f9da9a3187 SHA-256: af87bae7e58da2b357c00890e99774fa77e7c734fbf3ddc32fb141245810e241
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains a high number of embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the sheer volume of suspicious links points to a coordinated effort to redirect users to harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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 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 http://hzkontejnery.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/besokevejoxapegenejeka.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://harchovyk.com/userfiles/file/feduxifovupavuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alkalacarservice.com/public_html/userfiles/file/4347482511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paidionresearch.com/userfiles/files/69479591099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://metricgroup.it/uploads/file/danipizasesoruk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dongphuctqueen.com/upload/files/kadabos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://occahomesearch.com/userfiles/files/rifebubelepixezivifebigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lang-mayer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085ae5671ba9---94452407644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bet-balance.com/userfiles/file/vivogaxonokukomadad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://facades-metal.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80471448441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neuragen.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b84bda14a8---68372523817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amoy-art.com/Upload/file/jozatorutodidazibaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veraschwemmle.de/fckdata/file/satabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://secolink.sk/userfiles/file/repokokeba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sv2ajbo9m12jhmtnejf3jb3oi6/18851695094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.optionassurance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3917ea990c---sikutirimodawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dogninja.com/userfiles/files/12226893718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lifestyleufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4f7ead6abfbf24ca21b86c73764e3659/289130387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://photographerin.agency/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s7pr0pkmjdst574m0j9rcbsa61/23334090180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chatanakonci.cz/userfiles/file/mapasetudekug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prestinieurope.ch/userfiles/files/48337434618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gsoam.ge/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a325589269d---80689651035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://milcontabil.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t2l9e5h0rb43u8s5eq04dc9fd7/tinokugomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc-021.com/userfiles/file/20210726195337_4ojazr.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aven.su/userfiles/file/foxepumumubagut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=meaning+of+tarot+cards+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_off000105ba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105BA 10744 bytes
SHA-256: cbf6852c08fdeaed1725e32176be192b625eb5860109ee5a82488daff00dbf31
font_01_sfnt_off00011e58.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E58 16732 bytes
SHA-256: b8136c29cc3400c48072b3604ac5a313d44e3daf762e3dd94f275a2ddd0ff1f9
font_02_sfnt_off000149c8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x149C8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1