Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0cfe16d498075eb5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

67.6 KB Created: 2021-09-01 14:17:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 2f83aa263c654589728a3e4ef69e6bf8 SHA-1: c5e1ba8d7fc02c62c2e42522ef7377a2e085b0be SHA-256: 0cfe16d498075eb58756597cd1e743a2945faa1d99236b0aa8e1a875674f6391
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains multiple links to external resources, including one identified as a PDF link to an algorithmically-generated URL, and others pointing to compromised WordPress uploads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect the user to download further malicious content or phishing pages. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself facilitates the malicious redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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.
  • 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.sintsprev-ms.org.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68766879092.pdf
    • http://www.mediacomriccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609aaf24b7e31---18917104489.pdf
    • https://tannhatviet.vn/upload/files/47761766370.pdf
    • http://wellnesszeewolde.nl/site/data/ws/files/50738453538.pdf
    • http://www.feniuniversity.edu.bd/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15603981303.pdf
    • https://www.ideaklinikizmir.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607592b5092de---robilozesuvutulavewa.pdf
    • http://www.sunargrup.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k9scnij3l8l8fc9u531f79n366/vironexipawemekotoze.pdf
    • http://tantusmarina.com/UserFiles/file/lixupafixobul.pdf
    • http://totaldeliverancecathedralchurch.com/clients/2/22/22dae496a1749ae881e6bee195142b05/File/dajorofisekoxis.pdf
    • http://pizzeriadevita.it/userfiles/files/xanivinavuk.pdf
    • http://alarcon-v.com/editor_upload_image/file/gotit.pdf
    • http://files.ibiza-ferien.de/file/75101229968.pdf
    • https://thedestinbeachhouses.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/666bba34f703971a81a5f376881257e8/15519680614.pdf
    • https://urbanplace.me/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e3f57d5ac27ff1a36663f0746444852/wuperudatekefedepazo.pdf
    • https://erdenet.mn/userfiles/file/kajizirepelozazaf.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=sd+movies+point+malang
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ab48.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAB48 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000c35f.bin
c95a53a136d20351b817c3e3f110cb2d1588ce0d5c4b5eaa1119f2d1f69e43ac
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC35F 10776 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000dbf7.bin
a450a686c0973979b0fb95399f657e22d0fa0bfa4b3f39466a2ad3126001711e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBF7 14468 bytes