Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5cf1d861717aff1a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.5 KB Created: 2021-08-17 18:24:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: e55ce48af7cca9cc0520af2d02142964 SHA-1: 6bfec30d7828b98197a0fae8e18cca5ee505323f SHA-256: 5cf1d861717aff1a372f89d9b3e9eeedf8c9f1c139ed4ab640e6feee37fbd1db
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to external PDFs, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The presence of a visual download button further supports a lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9996

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 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.
  • 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 http://svarovani-tig.cz/userfiles/file/telesakewaza.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://thewentworthco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ippdrbfhv6o1bd79pd3pggvot4/rifapobanuropobudupaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://enville.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c7704181f8---94041021117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digitalqwerty.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bawixikuburibozibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://childrencareandliteracysociety.org/userfiles/files/viloxovupud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soba05.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c550ed174a79f0c9a83c3ffa811991a7/95259941196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.qlsny.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a9c2c02fdcc1441e38a270cdb12b3323/8615940128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jagamimpi.org/contents//files/68800686312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.m2asolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a500e727010418243b54266fb667d2fe/80902215986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adanateknikservis.web.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae1472e7619---fiwosubuxolusutolegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digivideos.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76366963531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.urbanwaterways.info/files/99824612201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brusroom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cc014347502eacc5a4f2307bbaa47a26/sovatigav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jockmurray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fb83666cb7---35051914895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://standrewsparishhighschoolclassof1964.com/clients/70428/File/saniludu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rrvchefs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8892aea4d23749c419560299aba5eea8/bamenunegotoredodanig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sakitonus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d7061d74b4be8a1ec4c634da9be33a57/90755137810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wholisticvibrations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0b35fa704de2a2bef0c3969b39d02247/nejoxunavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://195exim.com/datas/files/49761742818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kmclogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a4d2be4adcba37893042d9aac2645f33/11137802554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amezdigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2b51470f11202715092775cbe1595fe2/naraxinogevime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=driver+booster+8.2+pro+key+youtubePDF 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_off0000e145.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE145 10840 bytes
SHA-256: 1870b02326e3d8ecb81c546ea377b1c2c663f8846cf40ca7da151439c0f8a52d
font_01_sfnt_off0000fa62.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA62 17468 bytes
SHA-256: c29851e4072055e2180b44c010d6324fbf51ad1b951a38449fe5c1f71a452865
font_02_sfnt_off000127f1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x127F1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1