Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 afc4b455fb88b0ad…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.6 KB Created: 2021-07-13 10:33:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 8b996cb1d53fdeb223afd623c5c0f62b SHA-1: 3289959661073adf561ad60d3c1a1053e1b949e8 SHA-256: afc4b455fb88b0ad38e108490658f662217e53706f2c2357e278bd55ec143d3d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. It also features a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to host malicious content or redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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 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.lightingandhvacexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc9aaa65d55c5cb00b82a238e02c8767/paluradiluvamifoxuda.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://steclotildehorton.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3e2b77d0c6---dedezixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tepihtrava.rs//files/ligafovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seataclighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/df3518f37121004630e39272cc6414f8/9484952751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aguiapromocional.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085a8fcc8550---81663079314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://casier-a-bouteilles.fr/file/jibiboj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ash-graphy.com/userfiles/file/fubokes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stlukesmn.org/clients/17773/File/wizavibefab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nc2e.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d0b637e742b---tolifamov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thelawchamber.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609570b461cbd---35224047257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.farparts.cl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160982308b015e---xelelufurasuxukitux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawcab.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cd2ab0d7c94---golipifog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sdds.be/userfiles/file/50631220116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dewalt-naradi.cz/media/upload/editor/file/53210514039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaeximworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3d77fdcfdc---rowiroxuvudepelan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maugli24.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/35f3589a75d47ab106fb319921d2cd85/kaxawal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hanomanberjaya.com/contents//files/domuva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schs1968.com/clients/861610/File/89656405286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2greenchicks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f7547c3c28a2bdd125561073d966830/tenotimagaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edoxmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4aless2c76vm54k9vntkogb2om/lawisotebulukefobulap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jhannahs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d2162eb9006---mipig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-range.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9759b66a3---zulunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autosvanbeek.nl/mindcms/js/ckf/userfiles/files/78098635143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baodinhsolar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g7ieq30ac89ma9mavdhb9iou75/tisaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+find+angle+between+vectorsPDF 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_off0000ba53.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBA53 10932 bytes
SHA-256: 727b5ad8e2dc7513871147dc89acac2df69c016bbbb509824f99a457b362a188
font_01_sfnt_off0000d391.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD391 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000eba3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBA3 17044 bytes
SHA-256: f0b1c3617625f08b0fdef791c5324c8c8237073e605d805c44a346b33b0e128d