Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 af9884963d899db1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.0 KB Created: 2021-07-02 06:55:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 979c911a5be807f700766df037db7130 SHA-1: da3c1897d29dee13bcd33dc07a4578e223d40012 SHA-256: af9884963d899db165e02a0009d4302bc1c641d7ca3d042efd9bdd6f5819d956
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and ML classifiers, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The presence of embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress sites suggests an attempt to redirect users to malicious or phishing content. The document body is heavily obfuscated, preventing a clear understanding of its specific lure, but the overall structure points to a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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 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.
  • 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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+the+phase+of+a+sinusoidal+wave
    • http://www.birapart.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d3b553cf4b7---56338427674.pdf
    • https://rhythmcprandfirstaid.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/83c9ef2c286ac753c34e8fca7bd10a75/40408669480.pdf
    • http://www.lentilles-progressives.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092c2f882ef9---devazogenipagemogedav.pdf
    • http://broadgatecapital.com/userfiles/file/fuduxakenamuzuvanosaroj.pdf
    • https://www.entornopublicitario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b73a2620427271a5dcb032c96fe23501/59598618106.pdf
    • http://asustainable.com/global/file/44337303339.pdf
    • http://gostinica-domodedovo.ru/files/jifefu.pdf
    • https://ceccarbotosani.ro/userfiles/file/xuzoporulusugedoda.pdf
    • http://bonapartefamilynetwork.com/clients/7/7d/7d081654635712149502d88e72c54c2d/File/kujenaxiwuwenafuvikav.pdf
    • http://1137.jp/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tilexukobogamolag.pdf
    • https://christembassybarking.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/082ecc478ea6df290419cf4c5f933be8/ginunivenalifilopef.pdf
    • http://davis-wilford.com/clients/5/5d/5d1655677b271656441dfc21bb295863/File/kukewolefugopekijapisuj.pdf
    • http://triumphtoday.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160780ad8bf1b6---ponilebokarabunij.pdf
    • http://sovaimm.it/userfiles/files/44261736705.pdf
    • http://interstyle.org/content/xuploadimages/file/birifovegubes.pdf
    • http://www.louthadventures.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfbbb47d5a6---dumanagilufuvolofi.pdf
    • https://radmangroup-ye.com/rgfiles/file/69418379376.pdf
    • https://infravoip.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4006b39a42ec7757be161e6bb8cc20e1/wedaw.pdf
    • http://www.sparkprototypes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd0f279a085---madisegex.pdf
    • https://ocvirapuato.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c66f4bff3e51803e525933651ae11caf/31111702214.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000fabb.bin
d59623fd54c9bba776a566ab66254580af15deb297211f4f197eadc52d8a4ea1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFABB 17332 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00012851.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12851 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00014068.bin
27b808f561c7cb831dcfcb9662f561510fe93874d6d91c248e5444c24d4495ae
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14068 10740 bytes