Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 afa1e70e2a63c668…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.7 KB Created: 2021-06-30 00:52:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 823e456f0e6d59f60a984867dd9ef075 SHA-1: 682d56ab3d59dcbaf8fd378a29c3bf8c10309dd5 SHA-256: afa1e70e2a63c66804423585c786db29514a3d20eb08334258e5be1f768a6c2a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The document body is unreadable, but the heuristic firings clearly show the document's purpose is to act as a link farm.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9929

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://www.awakohchang.com/image/upload/File/arokirujomowusiwinibivur.pdf
    • https://aplusadvance.com/naver_editor/data/file/tuzuxuveduvijupo.pdf
    • https://nsck-cykelmotion.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fopemuxarufaxowitijixo.pdf
    • https://www.simplythebestevents.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf2498cdd56---4051025443.pdf
    • http://mkconline.com/landmark/ckfinder/userfiles/files/boguvosebojulifibo.pdf
    • https://prcomponents.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/budegaki.pdf
    • https://ceilford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd37cfd905ba454820a99293e09cc3a7/42355180496.pdf
    • http://mxm-hosting.nl/img/editor/file/rekuworibowepovej.pdf
    • https://www.etbsupplies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac458e7f906---sinitijamavojozexidoxu.pdf
    • http://www.yourhealthyourchoice.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075a21e4d165---2660155586.pdf
    • http://willtorock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5912f0da55---75785052314.pdf
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a68c137b820---39298773463.pdf
    • http://marthomaiticherukole.com/userfiles/file/60087160830.pdf
    • http://sip7.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2291d30856da09f0a53dd25b59e8a6f5/mabodogijolupegaxuvij.pdf
    • https://fizjolech.pl/userfiles/file/44716991158.pdf
    • http://casier-a-bouteilles.fr/file/rowanodijosam.pdf
    • http://ersatzmonitor.de/userfiles/file/22577806110.pdf
    • https://wecafephuket.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h4f0at9ujgbgbhjcmmei82dhi0/34604016866.pdf
    • http://leap-egypt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609837198b523---zokokejekasoso.pdf
    • http://narcisse.sk/editor_uploads/files/4316548980.pdf
    • http://allegroescrow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089c6f31ebba---51558615988.pdf
    • http://forter.vn/hinhanh/file/mapibabiwad.pdf
    • http://megat.pl/uploaded/fck_files/file/96159765540.pdf
    • http://bubblesoflove.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070bd59c4d62---30080150718.pdf
    • https://mimpishio1.com/contents//files/pakudegajamisove.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=appreciation+thank+you+letter+to+professor
    • 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_off00010dd0.bin
547405d8a81560dc52e045babf31aef8580d1c1d08f32db63d7e6cb88a961e21
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DD0 17680 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00013bff.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13BFF 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00015416.bin
8154fa884d1cf35c2bba8abae86cb890665ee19211eeba667a82336451ead8a4
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15416 10864 bytes