Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 af9f3306dd1b64b7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.5 KB Created: 2021-09-05 16:50:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 6135acf0c0f8b82e8035896ead8ea17c SHA-1: c8db2b3dca56f6f9428ba715979b272d4cbad317 SHA-256: af9f3306dd1b64b749128304ab4ba04db068eeab256afd62f13a3e737f01e835
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It uses a callback-phone (TOAD) lure. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and contains embedded JavaScript. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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://swotin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085b190e31ef---fusigisopafavarumoluda.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://encino.kopanramen.com/uploads/files/lofumedumek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grandhotelbulgaria.com/userfiles/file/fonemijakotira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orhancoskun.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b2356290c8---23625967142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laros.cz/UserFiles/file/xunebanabopegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for284.org/clients/7/74/7452b259410349f427184d5eaa48bde7/File/14392271139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.moyekolodin.com/files/14148481716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://golden-candies.ru/webroot/files/files/konabovukiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acrgroup.nl/userfiles/file/56413372136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://houselandia.ru/files/37080787374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zge-led.com/luodan/images/userfiles/file/gidunosesaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ngnjl.com/userfiles/files/70038299661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canvasations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fv9kor1u5oqkoauo0apb1ncb77/1963667804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brusroom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/45ce0f1e2e4989cc802fc558b5c24da3/xulujajigazakibopuzurut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.denisonlandscaping.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160efde3c040f7---pajotexuromatopewujow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myphamlulanjina.com/upload/files/53163091715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3122d816164b966f4f6692c55a9b5d46/molunawawij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meadclassof1991.com/clients/c/cc/cc689d7a74a098ef67b43942063c7ff9/File/32680131755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saokienviet.com/uploads/image/files/5821620445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-aalst.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fc13137453---zuvefusewopawujug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-aqua.fr/ressource/site-image/files/lutepodupamakowoxudat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shiinamotors.com/js/upload/files/genezomumizekulesuwora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nena-artspace.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sigiduxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpisiluman.com/contents//files/30416338616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daiichigroup.net/uploads/news_file/52104350055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vakukh.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/20bb8656da785e4f3e14e5eb671b3978/21409611123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=driver+license+written+test+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_off0000db60.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB60 17208 bytes
SHA-256: 66a1cd0bceabfd6a46a3135049dbd858a6644cca653a5a1be84cd83ae9acd46a
font_01_sfnt_off000107db.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107DB 10484 bytes
SHA-256: 781e84fd1748e0315f7bee76878c2be31cd5aa56f979d4fd6a5138e4f569b102
font_02_sfnt_off00011fdc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11FDC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1