Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 afd5573d1ca91bd6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.9 KB Created: 2021-09-08 00:45:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 0a60760414afd45fbb4825327a422a45 SHA-1: b054cfbf05d33460b3f561ce9f9d4bc08c8c72f3 SHA-256: afd5573d1ca91bd669489babebba34760b529c8bfb0ea12543964518004a00ed
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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 https://astoriareiki.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a5fe877de8c1f64c338b9273f0cb3d29/sezegedojekekusixorojeko.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.kevinbrooks.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092254b666d1---tubafof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hypnotiseur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a58b4087d0b---71252081836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imagebuzz.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79106149718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ankaratemizlikcim.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/45323487222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rumusjitu.com/contents/files/96284290126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thedreams.cz/files/bopaweruko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verypool.cn/images/upload/File/mibikiviwapoxekamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paitoonbox.com/userfiles/files/89743564966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cps-mbstu.edu.bd/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dofebozejedugidabuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pk.mo/userfiles/file/51232492205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nosolodespedidas.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7992ed94f9---34928603490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pensionatiitalianiinportogallo.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c1f1f5702f06dfdd11080415116ed9e9/3457495357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mobydick-band.de/fckdata/file/30548436470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hyundaiokla.com/uploads/files/2689957719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexanderkanevskyartgallery.com/clientMedia/file/zinujirixupipipejemeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drainscovers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1fed1a13505d4d236c33517b1583da39/96405449616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fattyweng.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099bb4f5869a---233867445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ocvirapuato.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/49d40d1d86976a455a8a1ad25d46ee21/juvifeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elenasteele.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160755a96c4096---89988038883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jgmurphy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3e8cce3cea1ea9c1edc3c024e82741cf/48034735977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----9sbccjdbca7cyaieg1a3j.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/66da9082687e800295d10d06f7578854/47392429182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cheapmotorcycleinsurancepa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dvedn2isud6is7d7sch14shro1/50863988997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=making+of+a+manager+pdfPDF 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_off0000df7a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF7A 10612 bytes
SHA-256: ff585781b8b544386ec1452a0ea497cdae8cc02a4253abc775f59be743129429
font_01_sfnt_off0000f76f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF76F 17944 bytes
SHA-256: 98d534ad9eb47269d6540ba1eb7661b25319d2fd1e19dd787ae3158320d83146
font_02_sfnt_off00012598.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12598 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1