Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 afb245c8f3e99482…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.4 KB Created: 2021-08-17 16:41:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 362bd1b9b8adb4f6cd58ce636be6defa SHA-1: aec5c60366ac3a0db7741e16dad822297275e579 SHA-256: afb245c8f3e9948230bb14797a680d93c2a2b0c099eb937fd81c2c943b69974c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, indicating an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9994

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://www.restorationservice.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ba241203a9---tujutunerozarofuja.pdf
    • http://www.alfainstal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b51aa9a192a---54342166306.pdf
    • http://www.heksan.com.pl/file/raturunipiweguwigakik.pdf
    • https://atraba-holding.com/userfiles/file/92943553903.pdf
    • http://hokkaido-love87.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50044181636.pdf
    • https://gmt-tw.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/vejomebutijirabozazexe.pdf
    • https://dansobentre.net/uploads/file/94192899288.pdf
    • http://test.uebersetzungen-nesselberger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ec506e3b70e---simomodisiboragiv.pdf
    • http://jar-ted.pl/file/niravabubidesoreximot.pdf
    • https://its-bulgaria.bg/files/file/29289332656.pdf
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ec664b4802---nixefukidowewazasim.pdf
    • http://www.carolglassman.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca43029980---totumabux.pdf
    • https://anthonygillant.com/userfiles/file/69991943516.pdf
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a977cd90df8edccdc2abe818effc87b/81652280222.pdf
    • http://moto-bike.pl/userfiles/file/fosaguka.pdf
    • https://www.auditek.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d889fa65586---74487467334.pdf
    • https://jackyrouxmethode.com/userfiles/file/degarewipotajebobod.pdf
    • http://provia-events.de/pics/fotos/1/file/wizipiwaditib.pdf
    • http://njuhome.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64925874780.pdf
    • http://xn--80akij1ajew.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090dd0490c53---luxigegal.pdf
    • https://lightspec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e5181c7229a268e02137cd1e0775f755/wutinufavemusinukapub.pdf
    • http://iamsoldierfit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac41e51d5d8---90070853682.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=la+bella+ceci+y+el+imprudente+capitulo+100
    • 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_off0000e215.bin
8b906ba277f1740a772829cab73548fb957d9598283b5c899bd39d269adefb05
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE215 10992 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000fb5c.bin
9882ac8c95f29a92f538a020f728715584a88bdcb5201ae77f25aa823122c298
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB5C 18140 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000129bb.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x129BB 16792 bytes