Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 afa61ec3b6342d57…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.3 KB Created: 2021-09-05 06:20:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 09374ad0301e09da3e669b041a614d0e SHA-1: e79540cc32b963e5bcda7e29d1ee174b872f0d70 SHA-256: afa61ec3b6342d57dc1499129c0e2b3f2b8fcfabec30e023cabf3dd18497a699
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within PDF documents. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9937

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://asalsold.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c235a868376---90403775426.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://vibrosystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b5bd06b84c---60253331553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deepex.hu/hirek/files/gavikuwilosisamuzowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://visionbrindes.com/admin/fckeditor/userfiles/file/64223228974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kuechentreff-schmid.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5aj4be6fc85s8dat3175p95t8h/74895575700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mangonebike.com/uploads/file/56003411147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accessprecision.com/userfiles/file/tubizuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwalabamaave.com/uploads/files/nubakix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.schroedersales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/964a0f8afa1d99d8bf80d5b868f212a2/zoragematutisarevetobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perfecthospital.org/FCKeditor/file/89019706596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psfund.org/public/uploads/files/cms_files/mapobefif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://berettyotv.hu/userfiles/files/sigoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://manenshop.com/upload/files/39020170538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gionggiacam.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/venemanelek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://infinity-pro.ru/userfiles/file/texupinegul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://engravestone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d5556ee15a---53363186494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holderit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608421480673c---semitide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smcertificationservices.com/userfiles/files/semojav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://work4shop.cz/userfiles/file/bivurap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.asejnrtigers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d331893d55---dokugopiwulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serendipityorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a09cda168d---10270661716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mundori.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39287979094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttlengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1b663747ac---55471169468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ddd-iasi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607eb1e320e8f---wodoxuwuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chrisdepanneservices.com/Sites/cds/files/64021384707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=compressed+earth+block+machine+plans+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_off000102e4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102E4 18060 bytes
SHA-256: aaa832dac82235532188885e53cbe05d82f9472fd77c25d8b3546314feb0b6fa
font_01_sfnt_off000131ab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x131AB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000149c2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x149C2 11148 bytes
SHA-256: e0797cf3f9a0cfb5fe4221efc3ead220fc1d8c34135c7c3831ab58cf5433f084