Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5cf001f0357a21f9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.4 KB Created: 2021-09-07 01:59:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 2ecab5a7f24ebf2a5666efb43177dd86 SHA-1: 4ff8c5fdf4fb3a6d3d2605283358892220232299 SHA-256: 5cf001f0357a21f964f8159f5834fa20d0be0168a8e97343b24291d694f89347
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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 http://cimkezes.hu/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/megufibezixesak.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://graffitipaintstudio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d86cd6c1f81eb4524a5113da0de75c1f/56545379620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandeprairie.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f8b2e098d50---51108588488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--ob0bjxt9h99icicrvkksa421cwwp7hiv4d6a.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gisugap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xboxheerlen.nl/userfiles/file/50450196828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fygl.net/uploads/file/110004521125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conblocmanado.com/pics/file/pumorogenaradowewujusilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.carrentchiengmai.com/files/43589914665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fortlauderdale-carservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160815ad521c1c---bubopomevivavenixivex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lauraestetica.com/userfiles/files/74539149437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bindazzled.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3e7b5f12438ae2189757f9616c980665/37249287534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grupo-bahia-real-estate.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kisabeguzozogixozevifixij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.johnknox.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d94af5ad3ae---pejavusawofawowemib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betentour.com/sites/default/files/file/28495423967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apismorava.eu/docs/xawivovuzod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.publicitymailing.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094c744984ea---lugezevobusevubifibugulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sthouseluxury.com/upload/files/49903781638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mu-rrrc.com/userfiles/file/kinunujabubeboxomup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mercedesmazo.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e48566a16c---vadoluzalaturisovutago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rent2day.ca/ci2/userfiles/files/gadilijuxinezapubaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zanhotel.ro/beficientconsultingFiles/file/79459571196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://englewoodgrassfarm.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/45e2830553ce2e59df5c7a0830381845/88997923549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquariumfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d3caa7cb85343b2c940767fe66f66f29/72992707580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taksis.lv/taksis/userfiles/file/kotejinale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--bankkrtya-41a.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47418869910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=necrose+epidermolise+toxica+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_off0000bdc0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBDC0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d5d2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD5D2 16568 bytes
SHA-256: 47d36ee26d2654e1cffa107f3fdc5cb3dd154304a808b85c05eb6bd27e56602d
font_02_sfnt_off0000ffb7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFB7 10756 bytes
SHA-256: 8a3d80ba7d960fc48e8f3f31cb864e7d3c0328e9f20b5caefaa0238b744c4325