Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 af9acef16edcfc4b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.8 KB Created: 2021-09-07 21:15:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: ff11f7ca60b338fac1ceb75b455c88af SHA-1: f3e52e2f7e2772a6cb2949ece395ed6dbad54fc4 SHA-256: af9acef16edcfc4b300df58d3136a80831bff44dfbdf649355d3137f738d36e9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and presents a deceptive download button. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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.
  • 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://pfgmm.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074231b6c946---jopixavadakak.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d57bp0p7nfnfq6b3is67u8ovf7/domoloferodew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stpatricksreunion.com/clients/84553/File/gukofitoditedefiteso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verkoop-je-wagen.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e5cef38d0d---78517942372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://designclarf.it/file/relaxozazenasujaxerogav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cremeconferences.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/85b8e71ebfe3345c3317ce30ad1823c1/40879901241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autosofortkauf.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s8g5c531rqn4kjhc0abc700rk6/71531343105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ewt.cz/res/file/87855537781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://girilawfirm.com/content_files/files/jimuzekerolumine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kede.org/userfiles/file/12180726587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bauarch.bg/files/nuwutaxaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sancarspune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b63add05222c15bf99117d253807e458/41164503963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cfacgroup.com/uploads/FCK_files/file/95778804396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alvasari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ada7fc6845---topojotutazogige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hasmow.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nejivebotixijiguzon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argra.rs/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609692396a229---53902922140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidcosz.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qsumr5fpaqi6n9q5n3fgr3v629/33970897502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cupta.org/userfiles/files/20210830010611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vdgairconditioning.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607774a4447c6---mubilewaput.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.altrus.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611aeedaaab2a---92274424692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cfo-search.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f0a5f8d461---49704101853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://provisionsinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc20fb9347---60097308442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinhwajudan.com/userData/board/file/kamesirane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vico-immobilien.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vamusufikekamoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://media-production.net/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mewosikexatuxav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=electrostatics+problems+neet+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_off0000f016.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF016 21348 bytes
SHA-256: d6faa8a733cb298d8e17140c8013a42b202307f4dc1c35e1bbd0c7b838f6bd6d
font_01_sfnt_off0001283d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1283D 10904 bytes
SHA-256: b40e46ff64c97309eabc68672b9bf32aafd50484751e3a9dd8810a2bcf96b952
font_02_sfnt_off0001412f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1412F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1