Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 afb9f2420de24a68…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.6 KB Created: 2021-09-21 06:49:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-22
MD5: 5a5abe6cd280f8420affef2d87d3af28 SHA-1: 01532fe0bfe7edbb5924435f8e994104ede9852c SHA-256: afb9f2420de24a6804060dee17cd62caf5060e111534564d1135ea1c249ab536
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external websites, some hosted on compromised CMS platforms. The presence of numerous URLs, many with 'utm_term' parameters suggesting tracking, reinforces the phishing or malware distribution intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 6

  • 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
  • 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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=android+lower+volume+below+minimum PDF link annotation
    • http://ajisushionline.com/uploads/files/62018013200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://auburn-properties.com/userfiles/files/ropor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cosplay-expo.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fepibajulekirorixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bburago.info/admin/fckeditor/userfiles/file/pivajakazowuvizor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stallionreadymix.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134e0a77eb29---suwedim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.santamyoga.be/images/file/rakusasan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://likuidart.com/files/ckeditor/files/pevikasuteliboxadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ehblending.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cdc54bd6a0fc0d9b58e5a0668f890d27/damusanazepel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://localhomesales.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16147b7a13eddb---37664627133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laxmigrouppune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e20b96ee070d64212050de6b7c851b31/81115638791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://litho-and-co.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/46138641316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jr-bang.com/uploadfiles/20210913181736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grupa-energia.pl/attachments/file/72163327715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robalton.es/Albums/images/file///lezorur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hohsingfiber.com/ufiles/files/kowuveretakodoged.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tctnanotech.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef5fb4ff8fd9f207f364953054a0dfc9/ginedofew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://petribax.com/userfiles/file/55378579700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coastalholidayproperty.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19990291724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://impariant-club.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3cafab874bb0db7e57d43da17709028a/84792566262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orkhaconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rodbrord6n8r7v85bdohag36bc/gedivivowemijebube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kalitelivideoizle.com/resimler/files/zonerebumebanugogakimuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baharemadinah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161491e252a19e---tivufolipunowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coutleelaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/luwakijidafenupovowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alconsprom.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vepezikokopakipuke.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_off0000d70e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD70E 10352 bytes
SHA-256: 0db59269533f23ec6cf993ed1c1ce0b338f8b070992078189f892c3409e22553
font_01_sfnt_off0000ee5e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE5E 17712 bytes
SHA-256: 527ec06f4196400432d5aaf95727eb5f9ffe5ab46f3757f520b5209f575e7652
font_02_sfnt_off00011c57.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C57 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1