Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 af8bdd234a81ad37…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.0 KB Created: 2021-09-15 23:14:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 13485742957e60c919ffb8ab523b4e70 SHA-1: 9750775b9df9f82a37f2436495d6bd5c4703e7e8 SHA-256: af8bdd234a81ad37e450ed3748496cc5a7f345348d5a453fdf3375540076bd00
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, directing users to numerous external URLs, some hosted on compromised WordPress sites, likely to facilitate the download of further malicious payloads. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports a phishing or social engineering attack vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 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.
  • 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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=supermarket+manager+game+download PDF link annotation
    • http://digitalpolicycouncil.org/imagenes/file/bagugesosugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://michelschuurmans.nl/images/uploads/file/33100622174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ibyservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72f8e8146f6378555497dfb6ad0093a6/76251194695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reklamavysocina.cz/UserFiles/File/25733401494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://riolisboa.com/images/ul_files/file/gfoVRHcFsB10.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreaslasnik.com/data/files/mugafigugezuvesijewamoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://churchosonline.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/962a112051b1d78af7654ba1e1a79e03/muwanikafuru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slmj8.com/data/userfiles/files/tirapapozitefarasad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://horgaszvelem.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70629037642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://100tmt.com/uploadimage/files/20210912170724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://netwindowvn.com/uploads/userfiles/file/66920326759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.guus.edu.mn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42722396086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://woft-dining.com/webroot/editor-uploads/files/lujovafikatigosigeti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pavaniautismschools.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jmv04pui7nbgde149l256r1vdu/bujafatufurotinunosimatit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fastcredit.ge/userfiles/file/gadefigewevedovororipiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://themodernla.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bc3d6fdb2374494d4262a7c125809033/vomunagenilikufavaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.smartfutureexpo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18378611183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tuabogadoangel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c1dda3ae567319a2a832e595a86fc5c/jovezanugupakivuxuxepojar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sententtech.com/file_media/file_image/file/mobega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mwasafat.com/uploads/files/koxagete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://araprinter.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mezodumajakes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makinsushi.com/uploads/files/rufovavexekitulitajezozir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://web5gstore.com/Files/files/wiledutivusabuvadiralevir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjoybrands.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613965a0d1ed3---veparafakesemeti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000db42.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB42 10828 bytes
SHA-256: 934f578de3b528ddafa817b702a6abc90645b357abe9e82cc957484105669598
font_01_sfnt_off0000f418.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF418 17640 bytes
SHA-256: 97237931be030a2f51b924485f0b9da6a39bf097c8eafcf4bedf533465b33789
font_02_sfnt_off0001221c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1221C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1