Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d7af64ad01017e75…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.0 KB Created: 2021-08-09 17:12:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 2118bf13a9dd0f92e20336ef58f90a08 SHA-1: f2e9afb171301af7257f3edd35b84362010f8bf7 SHA-256: d7af64ad01017e75994c9486773b5e9f286d5ca88673787649f8dd2b3a352ecb
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, forming a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URIs suggest it's designed to lure users to external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • AcroForm button with action trigger low PDF_ACROFORM_BUTTON
    PDF contains a /Btn form field together with a SubmitForm/URI/Launch/JS trigger — this is the building block of fake 'Download' or 'Open' button overlays used in PDF phishing lures
  • 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://analogsys.com/uploaded/file/197334802260a03975a6061.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ttlengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c8b4b52d3f---safefad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nbrownies.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e327cee24e---79374873715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goodluckfishing.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7678618608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tkquiz.com/userfiles/file/momerituxegosigivinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hertzlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/nemipaganewane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://springswellness.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160778af976402---67838175677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sungwoneng.com/upfile_editor/2021/files/gipamenepinukovaxota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----8sbaavnccwq4am.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c68e979451565be3d40752762c3c2a64/792202232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://naseeha.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e5fb84717071256af1f452cf8bb31097/11474331516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myconnect-thailand.com/image/upload/File/25531842249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flemingfamilies.org/clients/8/8a/8af36a28baf44bfc7b8a7004fb4eaede/File/xusazejosilabotasuraf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dobryremont.pl/ebobas/portal/app/webroot/img/tmp/file/16227244459479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miwon.com.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/rubepuruvizaxojazog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pametnidom.hr/pametne_kuce/userfiles/file/buvunenudusavipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.liveartsaskatchewan.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba838fa2778---23942871094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perfekttorun.pl/pliki/83838758775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://easytravel63.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78428219717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lenoir-elec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cdetdqsjgcn220bf5f6enav5s1/noparawulonaxuwuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bahtiyardishekimi.com/fckfiles/file/mapanavixaxonowigede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oschouston.com/osc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0839765de5---46521826971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urgentcarepb.net/userfiles/file/xenositivoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+properly+install+nba+2k20+on+androidPDF 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_off0000f482.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF482 17784 bytes
SHA-256: 20f5259c63cd6c79b25f1dcf5faf23b10848ce76081af039f897bd0e2893ea50
font_01_sfnt_off0001234f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1234F 11052 bytes
SHA-256: b82206a86ba6e5afe4b343387c5e39804d214b82e55bb83ee31f059c17270da4
font_02_sfnt_off00013d02.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13D02 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1