Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 afcdbf9aba835f11…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.4 KB Created: 2021-07-07 14:19:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: b22cf91d9a5ab4d3ce92f4f920be7d25 SHA-1: 1b4b99d05c68bc45cba2f1ab9fd494b3244eb2a5 SHA-256: afcdbf9aba835f1107dc083fe96f64fabf02f4aa4fdd9c539f4f92e7296ef83e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised websites, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the presence of numerous URLs hosted on compromised CMS uploads and disposable domains points towards a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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.awakohchang.com/image/upload/File/ovifegajabeki.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://arerp.kr/data/file///60935708160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://casaatlantida.com/userfiles/file///takadetegipopuwimino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fructusartis.com/i/File/zikekibiwixuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ohligschlaeger-berger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081ce9e2328f---kakakekawesid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kakvkusno26.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cead3d1a37a0daeead5f2957eaf1601e/luferirafiloso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akicgiyim.com/userfiles/file/92057913154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxurytravel-show.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2fa972259c2d77ca1612b70a5b6cc5e6/57377243621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mithermomix.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/79eeacf2e770af3e5197f90d7066b1e5/xuzozoluvejalipekepugoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barrarioservicos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080667b13e19---72327966724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://roweryelectra.eu/app/webroot/uploads/file/16229766621856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akcjonariusz.com/UserFiles/file/zakomog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goteneplast.se/files/images/file/mobunifikabumuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://palenice.net/obrazky_clanky/file/pezanevofomusejasovode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.predoisiasociatii.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dfff2149bc---41385417489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wskinbody.com/data/boardData/files/85637084738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colegiodesafio.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2fa0cd9b1f---paperumawisimodofufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://altbuket.ru/files/75836809402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avtoarka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/24768bcac6ffe953d37bb68f320c832e/tupal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orkhaconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ob1541goststp1aucq0njvbluo/wotabidutizamodasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fitnessrev.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/abpmta89k3ek0ta9hf1vtao77u/7752460820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://misionesmedellin2030.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6a3e90al7n6vsp0n64npshqugk/61308113276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=stomach+ulcer+causesPDF 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_off0000f459.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF459 16912 bytes
SHA-256: 488fe1204c1edd7dae4149b12031839f18abe83f57381f2f98fc5f7ee5e39d13
font_01_sfnt_off000120bc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120BC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000138d3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x138D3 10476 bytes
SHA-256: de754d72ac1f60f394cb9887a16d2e4652da79e8b1a47285c9f233f844f9c5c2