Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 afac3b8757d82eef…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.0 KB Created: 2021-07-29 14:11:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 1c7426133068709e2c97c8d4f7326e51 SHA-1: 154e5b928770e46752c87fd86408c78569709a86 SHA-256: afac3b8757d82eef021c26ca53ced8d8dedee03635db320749d3efff1f014add
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is likely used to redirect the user to malicious websites. The PDF also functions as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute phishing content or further malware. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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 https://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=monohybrid+cross+punnett+square+worksheet+answer+key PDF link annotation
    • http://rocb-ap.org/file_media/file_image/file/2672878160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--e1aaafipco3bk8gra3b.xn--p1ai/upload_picture/file/66432222671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://areshin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/09f726d4e8a850049032ddbe0c0d9bfe/lewirepowerinavumar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lab4050.com/upload/editor/file/18881841397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clair-environnement.eu/catalogue_dynamique/file/53776336982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pferde-fuer-unsere-kinder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f6c759ca219---67638540575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.democratum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/caba734d705b32637f569b57931bb0f7/renasexalasajefeno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://transchem-tech.com/Uploadfiles/files/figidoxowuvozusokaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://growyourmoney.in/userfiles/files/navisugakegisakojugifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawcab.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608facb12fb69---52310917170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://northstarexecutivesearch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e27fa969f4511078a5aeba342f883f2a/noxofafepozoxasigin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aannemingsbedrijfbarthulsbosch.nl/userfiles/file/74471564816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.infratechgroep.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/552705e4efb2bc38f68989f58e97f2af/fufimixilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clubberia.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72064808102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hauptsache.cc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160984e132c0d7---sivatiluxisudikuromobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samowar.ch/upload/file/zojoxugobodanururovuzoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apexibd.com/uploads/fck_uploads/file/nofufivexagiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hospvetcentral.pt/site/upload/file/nedis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chortho.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rnrfarphdl863dbiv4ob76769c/wetofizefafobojire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n86jjmt40n7fg6lu91kfhqbo0k/dadinut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quiltingacademy.info/fckeditor/userfiles/file/nesegel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://roc.mn/uploads/files/joluselonilorevulexejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://protech.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9f805b96a7---sozakimaxixivulenura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vibrosystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8b5fdeb5c6---nemaxoxedonitumewix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.booster-p.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160745d95d1bd2---pajumapixezofafutujig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kadh.kr/bobod/upload/file/gabijanitadogopasijojiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000d09a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD09A 11236 bytes
SHA-256: e472f9fad6897a4d9acf9c7273ca6ee6705d85e5f40f44a8046f3ed0e99b5cce
font_01_sfnt_off0000ea93.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA93 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000102a5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102A5 16592 bytes
SHA-256: fe218dbbbdc313eeb60416caa0ebba3c5d402b9028875f1cb809adbaab95994e