Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 afdc16c898f78401…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.9 KB Created: 2021-09-21 05:00:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: fdb30a47873d113036905b466fc0c8ef SHA-1: 761c90b06fcb7f2fe449cc6a63e38ce42aeae794 SHA-256: afdc16c898f78401b6ad552d0467835f38bc1063f411b885db163b8e869d5b77
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to host or distribute malicious content. The presence of a visual download button further supports a phishing or social engineering attack vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • 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 https://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=comparative+and+superlative+worksheets+with+pictures+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://www.auditek.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161349585cf194---pogilelej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kratky.eu/files/file/fodalexeto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coffeetuanvang.com/Images_upload/files/75956617468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hexindechem.com/upload/files/51751151780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sasnowosielski.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32078598393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yuktiedu.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f94880bf3c1ccefe2932d8ec5a457bd/70020123232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sasolution.kr/userfiles/file/mixosubat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ammk.sk/userfiles/file/686382746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spiregene.com/image/files/20210910_205126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giltmorestukko.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72398012467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chiari-web.com/ckfinder/optimist/files/kikevowovet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omonetach.pl/foto/ilustracje/file/59368687107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://valgott.com/images/userfiles/file/suzonut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dichvumayphoto.vn/webroot/img/files/satunonekebisikenobiragu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reaga.net/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/10298228535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haisushitogo.com/uploads/files/dipurupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://telektrans.hu/editor_up/bevokuvebakixefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoset66.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bejewiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emtracing.net/userfiles/file/zatizowupovozuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamiuniquelimo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614334df9c2b0---jojulijawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://insolite.lu/img/userfiles/files/pikusafuritusom.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_off0000c270.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC270 17344 bytes
SHA-256: f40c0519a4c10c68a9209026105412c1e004cb0b6f6381c79de082619fe10b90
font_01_sfnt_off0000eef1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEF1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010708.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10708 11260 bytes
SHA-256: 5841383405fe8efd47ef5fad32aec6c7023b083cb666bf8e334ba8930abb466a