Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 afa8abd0e05ceb9f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

62.3 KB Created: 2021-08-12 22:18:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 25a91bf6832a8f9561b6e8c5cdc134a6 SHA-1: 8215d375d2258c6f458ed8d88707bbf8a9bed435 SHA-256: afa8abd0e05ceb9f73ec8f4a16e880ae70fd901cccc704d9a928afa7de52d5c3
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting an attempt to host malicious content or phishing pages. The presence of multiple links on disposable hosting further indicates a malicious intent to distribute or redirect users to harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.7898

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • 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://janeunchained.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a38v75ebkfoclpv0mm8tnhl341/74791890202.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.grandeprairie.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bfd1e153c9---junap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceilford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/65aa0ff1cb0a7d19815f24058d83d4b1/misedutudafabogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gresathouse.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b7f12887c726d3e96eed1a44031c0a2e/53481628235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smart.sut.ac.th/tsme/src/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75088820956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bobiniauto.com/userfiles/file/96070606595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elsecretodelolivo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cafca37780---jafaxitiposozaxux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baigeleather.com/userfiles/file/24255097599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1hozain.ru/files/userfiles/files/gesejug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phillipwhiting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ec7c226e60---lawog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holzbau-hoelzl.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f01888972a5---xolifafivozipav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chongros.com/userData/board/file/6129386273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emergent-partners.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080662f83b0b---69511323367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://educasters.co/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nefumajinikesedewitiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beckydavidsonhomes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3468ee9b3d---kepaxajofasazoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anglarill.net/userfiles/file/golesiweb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://birons.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a17ab3e71f39cd2988f8d4da519e16e6/22130405990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirks-pool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b284325378---30756413015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veglifekc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files//60049764524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lumisolar.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608714a42da77---nudami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://begemot-rus.com/uploadfiles/file/2021061418123073499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://susutour.com/userfile/file/soredinazivexif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=chura+liya+hai+tumne+remix+mp3+downloadPDF link annotation
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000bdfa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBDFA 16676 bytes
SHA-256: 4bcfa1df26710075a7e3560d5cff1535dd60f62ead251065e7f9bceb6aa1ea06

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