Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 afa1f89e7c54ccf5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.8 KB Created: 2021-07-30 20:55:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 5c80e48b7aafdeeb169d4aa17cff168b SHA-1: bc725aaa9dffb20e32b6d5d194c64baa440cdedd SHA-256: afa1f89e7c54ccf5cc4d632dae3ba364509eb1c70b35d8fb5b2664b2b6f96c04
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The file also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous external URIs pointing to various domains, some of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing sites or download further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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 http://nyett.hk/uploads/news/files/livukejaroki.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://anfauglir.com/images/file/26958767084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apoc.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fd2e4bc8a48e4b86eb697076961a9a74/38072880287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nomortiga.com/contents//files/bereromigarugofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecobox.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/25h8k6p9brcsbjhjqf4rk53o7m/32292182570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paulsaperstein.com/userfiles/files/15750931418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manufim.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607954c5d542c---29470535522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mkkdigital.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3bb2c2f64d---41658247440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rosesrealtyhomes.com/userfiles/files/pobosomomesekakikuxedomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lcd96.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b1761ac465a61a20b5cd37952724d5c6/rejujizulujefovak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mko-yug.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c3432acbb8a4b0a5db90e51300f19340/61109531264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fallsplat.se/file/dojezaxawepawomiloveroke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aptitudeclass.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kodafavunageko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://afgventuregroup.com/cfiles/file/92980949246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oversaslogistica.it/file/77202262354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mysmilestudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/46baf1842d67a77f6f4eb90779c3105d/zokosogekibened.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://labonscafe.com/userfiles/bapasidimefitejos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mariopresto.pl/userfiles/file/50059044902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.infrascale.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a7307db7b26b6d917a3d7f652844ffe8/89903832527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polnische-zaune.de/userfiles/file/94632553963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giustofiori.it/file/59987372360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bettynblue.com/upload/fck_img/20210611/file/makesekuderekonavexule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://faktxeber.ru/resimler/files/27586010239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.theoakshealthcare.com/my_content/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sagemigisosim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=proper+keyboarding+technique+worksheetPDF 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_off000105ec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105EC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011e03.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E03 11428 bytes
SHA-256: 55f0d25a2fe8920a958250b726e94fc2ada987d642d5e26ace3df1b427a4113c
font_02_sfnt_off0001383f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1383F 17284 bytes
SHA-256: 58ca42df0dab10c61d6155b00d161632c7d9b181d0a931a3bd77cdb9828638cd