Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 afb2eb2391cca337…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.5 KB Created: 2021-09-07 17:56:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 00c0946bef75b019bbd0d02d3db9e790 SHA-1: fdd66605f3feb20621735406e50ca30ef689a1f1 SHA-256: afb2eb2391cca337b2d74f189d4faa4017898b2e4eb5c1175534e8a1d22621a5
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF sample was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites hosting other PDF files. These links likely serve to distribute phishing content or further malware payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://kirks-pool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079288a65228---fomat.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://connect.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d0b9d93f799331fc1757390e81d2b775/86772809521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earthideasawnings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161084848d6a5e---nepukikukuxexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deedpoll.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05bb2440ef6c93f6d75258c099464b1f/7067754473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cetinelektrik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a7f9524950---bofutirifele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wksystems.net/HotelEstimator/userfiles/file/90997101796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.avantagesapp.com/uploads/files/23578968862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://callhfelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160edbf5a45716---sofiboweledibutenavaled.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akinmedikal.com/uploads/file/71718327067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limpjet.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8fbdce8b8f680f24359bc4d16ba728a7/xanunodav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sazjah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9b8707e5d---87023801759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvkumariajnkvv.org/singhania/downloads/file/83321743579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://helderlive.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/navejox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://women-for-marriage.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/varuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atlantichomeportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082e2a79baef---foxadevidix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://a-pointpro.com/cms/ckfinder/userfiles/files/riberukuduwurujesukaruwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veronicanealhome.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/2/1609623075f5a6---fazatefoguwipovif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m96voh7gc8np2amnpamesr79c1/75185599444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dmvassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/efa89c84a5739f29d61cc2f955dc987e/titobuliluwesosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hidramaco.com/files/files/79365521381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mfcwestenkwartier.nl/beta/userfiles/file/wesifowix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pasarantogel2.com/contents//files/fusuvepubisus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reifenscho.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071a6e42d32c---zeganafenepinadira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://higher-reason.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2vtrn9gpohthmuo8jl7q1hrndd/38957176199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=business+dialogues+in+english+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_off0000d9a5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9A5 17616 bytes
SHA-256: 61dc82d5cb8f64db859dfab6044004f60f5c82ac7fdd9cc4d2a20d6602098c36
font_01_sfnt_off000107ae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107AE 10732 bytes
SHA-256: 729ba7daf3a2fc58d34a868613ae13e3a390295a7b7e2d353e3c58e496d5804b
font_02_sfnt_off00012007.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12007 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1