Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 af982e98574181dd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

104.2 KB Created: 2021-07-22 05:00:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 02325f27628de995a509214695c4358b SHA-1: 88cb0c1187aae39a1d187e0b978f2579e0961306 SHA-256: af982e98574181dd6fb7e6980f5fd7efb2626b58f27e0ac08ed652f5fd8de892
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9984

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://reversetheclocknow.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85449029461.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://wbbray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085409c1c1c1---63688674365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cradlegold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ir0o36kr5ss42gopg5b74i24sn/35181392861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://engravestone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8d8d4bc8ab---3560425684.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.agrosystem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075b8c31cd12---99028880381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.benvenutialmare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e5397414ac3---15532949885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ellisrasbetonwerke.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607da39a44d66---69092194293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ediliziaindustriale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3381294a34---2579086235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kunapak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j2bgcrpactrlcaciqdr0ceoi6f/jidiraferupugobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.siemers-deutschmann.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1d6ep02nenjviq0dgq27oe59lc/wejulorexobogeresawaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3handseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a1c91df772---10541977401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marathon-gexin.com/Uploadfiles/files/rokenoramogemawiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yachtandgulet.com/userfiles/file/33963584089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gayaarchi.com/userfiles/file/20210521005809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chortho.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sr77t9bkdttda3089a5d6umrf5/giberobena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.makattakasinti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e140eb7412---femelezidejogok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sckstone.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d74a4bee0c16b9fe13af6c1b528b8467/41961114867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pck.malopolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ece9c2d5b77eef308af80f9cbeb448b0/redonefesakefekojuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://redwoodpwr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/97iop1ncotm0lo6a1mv4ojgui6/peretitemituremufule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shotclock.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8fcd0ec4a174c5276ad6a4d7d8692075/8515883780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pizzeria-millemiglia.de/app/webroot/img/editor/file/toxuxojaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://becro-plast.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cc5d2d365c---gomik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geology.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a263f5f53f---bimugeju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drivingschoolofnorthtexas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083c202a1c0c---xoreketikurixevugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=the+perks+of+being+a+wallflower+free+ebook+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_off00013297.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13297 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00014aa9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14AA9 17676 bytes
SHA-256: 118f10111a3cbee9f6a8eceda521f66608a89a84bc85f55dfe650806a01532d8
font_02_sfnt_off0001797d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1797D 10960 bytes
SHA-256: 9fb250956176a216457ca9124599b4a9d3a6627ae63c29e82043e82115cc358a