Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 afc3e20f81b39238…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.6 KB Created: 2021-09-06 09:13:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 6e4c2490ea2f5c050758366c52775eab SHA-1: 0a13242a6d44a495cb7fc0935500c9dbbbeea7c9 SHA-256: afc3e20f81b392389e9c2c4153bc49306de1c4d1adae43ff8ff9cce8cdb3cabf
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to lure victims into downloading further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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 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.
  • 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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=sad+story+in+urdu+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://levin-dent.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d366119c4194028eb9a33bda60f6582b/20431635055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nangluongvada.com/uploads/files/migesorevuravorefibepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlasautoglass.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e99002dcaf---84270173332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fillaracingacademy.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zotirigodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://automotiveenergy.cz/userfiles/file/23186002077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yer-krasnodar.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50455428680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floridaholidayplanner.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f2d067997901a95215ccea38befc96fa/21752306422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrachoff.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ec434e41db48076a444740746c7be15/jeneka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hafa-verein.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5f04672426d02b962ba867c1cb4a32ab/62792561459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mitcostruttori.it/userfiles/files/wexiros.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sosnovgeo.ru/userfiles/file/kuferitebevokev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feriaesotericadeatocha.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e176f53508---nixixitega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alnadaoil.com/userfiles/file/ripufebefaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jordanadams.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72976464488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.contectrade.hu/fckfiles/file/bewokuduxubijowupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bruisedreedfoundation.org/clients/4/4d/4d9d7eec3bf3a09fa0457ace138f6a4e/File/63560181532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aviatroglo.fr/IMG/file/gusepodomegigisupuva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ieltsadd.ir/cache/fck_files/file/mamikazudenos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hpx.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a8077d2e2e62e3e6b97b20e6247b4622/gabalesesikivelen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tea-ra.com/user_data/upload/save_image/files/wudedileperetibej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lashmakerpro.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/enqqpkcf3rfjkjvlkm972fqub6/68417567348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--pssa17sw71b.tw/upimages/files/14551129616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://barrierball.cl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13140373893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p7ej7vbu0oupn48af3hs1m31s1/26882946203.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_off0000d777.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD777 10600 bytes
SHA-256: 626ca2a2ee473262365c5fd9e79149a6946cf2f86bf6231841cf0a66132b585e
font_01_sfnt_off0000efc5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFC5 20700 bytes
SHA-256: 1a51fff4d0bfe19ef4cbf446fa0ee61ced66ea2394eb07e7e9b725cf8c5d2e50
font_02_sfnt_off00012536.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12536 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1