Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 afb6e6d90bd059e1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.1 KB Created: 2021-09-02 10:27:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: fdbb41f9bff0b932baa5fbffae5d2061 SHA-1: 00c7347e73d45334e5591bff2a7ab099e83fc537 SHA-256: afb6e6d90bd059e1ab29a199d705b4d10a574af03814c8d1e61393ae0fba56e7
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as a link farm. The primary heuristic indicates a link to an algorithmically generated URL, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support the malicious nature of this file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

Heuristics 8

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://ambulatorioveterinariovianello.eu/userfiles/files/konubede.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.tsssport.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e34441268c---kizaxazida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://turar-mussin.com/userfiles/File/54019580319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.halpellet.hu/userfiles/files/22434966483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://la-roofers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ebcd35aab3---43965079747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kystop.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dksvhl6e15i0ug379geaj3dpf4/zagofusemozim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jshtextile.com/UserFiles/file///muzojog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesorgubernamental.com/images/file/86785275975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://volandovia.it/public/fileeditor/file/44985060493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bamt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072483507f8a---37864700782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://techbis.pl/files/file/misika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neodev.space/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161109fd4cab60---metodofopigezalamovobelaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://partnyor.az/userfiles/file/72127278636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://get-insurance.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/munuwinemimugamavonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akiyastyle.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74546989153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srp-galabau-rostock.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/htilvu3e5sva24hbrmq1d8kk56/panom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://istihdamhaberleri.com/upload/ckfinder/files/79783595080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fautographie.org/images/userfiles/files/ruvigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sygimportaciones.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ddpelk8rlacuhibhfpt5erlfh/70083849592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gccpay.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d1cc8d303c3bc774f7192856e800ddfa/71982093718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cloudinfo01.smartevolve.com/images/ckeditor/files/97232395845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bczenekar.hu/files/file/7852577282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kipass.fr/userfiles/file/fuginizerekofexebozisudeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.guaitoli.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078535551d0f---45532150212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vibrationmonitoring.asia/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612d5adad8908---32305191449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akemi.ro/hirek/file/zifalufabadixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=the+impossible+quiz+game+answersPDF 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_off0000d241.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD241 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ea58.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA58 11096 bytes
SHA-256: 24edeac611fc76738ea3e9c6b8d9fb40e12bb5746501db2c71806e9c956f6bbb
font_02_sfnt_off00010385.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10385 18004 bytes
SHA-256: a0d486f65f694760058cbbb0fdfdd7da26e98c0ac9793d86e02b574dce5aec6c