Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f2af5b350ea816b8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.9 KB Created: 2021-08-25 03:23:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 3568d5b9dfedeb82d253ad2484495f48 SHA-1: c84e25ec5e3d3b3f57f07480071b71170407f0d6 SHA-256: f2af5b350ea816b8cac4237f13c5dc15ce544665c6188d6e5e0d00decfdf5cbe
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm. The primary purpose appears to be directing users to potentially harmful external websites, possibly for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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://championsforchildren.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f946ffc927dec073e51f7ea4a6a8b23e/64506815619.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://kottayammedicalcollege.org/CMS/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61013944561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://halobysciton.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbc8bb9f998---bawimozaneso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://controlsystemco.com/cache/fck_files/file/86404574833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sushibelovo.ru/files/37176850860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yaqeen-eg.com/userfiles/file/83854958655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://boldvision.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611145929e3f7---97942977645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szao-spb.ru/images/news/file/fodotijuluxuvotop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sieuthimayphat.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34992911288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahxxzx.com/userfiles/202105/file/nedinelufojawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gps-tw.com/CKEdit/upload/files/56250322360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pngroup.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nifakojamar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akcjonariusz.com/UserFiles/file/sepuzowegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sudburyhighspeedinternet.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d255bdfc6aaa5c903017c81f4c99d752/16163693535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.multigacos.com/admin/uploaded/fck/file/baxedekalirurar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kwik-it.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c51d3d50e26---tafanesafitesonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6k34spmpki5t4a115m6hvhk0o0/9684142780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nnkcreations.com/userfiles/file/32875286591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tempatpasang.com/contents//files/6770392542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://registracijakoncar.com/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sovojonoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hj-bouwt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160771a31effaf---ribivubepixejekelivazaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sir.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c2dd6af026---8264920887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blog.crowdly.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e80842f6da---23590440545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=friendship+day+quotes+in+tamilPDF 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_off0000eee0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEE0 10992 bytes
SHA-256: f1acdd843d2392fc0d483ff7d53c85aa7e0e76fa8357e2a8276b78ccd143bb97
font_01_sfnt_off000107f4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107F4 18028 bytes
SHA-256: 1d7ec8cbc23628e054fc912968a1ef06ba3b36a9875d336eeb1c2978e1e0e526
font_02_sfnt_off000136b0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x136B0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1