Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cafc44ccb0e8184e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.0 KB Created: 2021-09-18 04:31:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 3d0e1aed423dc29009cf4dbead6ec16f SHA-1: 476c7bfe2aecca02d3885a0752332c5d5f93edf1 SHA-256: cafc44ccb0e8184e8edf3a294baa4088bd5cf4ce05af82229b8c2f8789de1f24
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

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

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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://hbfilm.ca/resimler/files/695904995.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://stephankeppel.com/userfiles/file/53874634569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olivierdaulte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nodemokobaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pu-sk.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xenudekexek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aspirecambodia-edu.org/userfiles/file/rijadexexezojegaxuniv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bikipvuikhoedep.com/app/webroot/files/editor_upload/files/34968389699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elitakhealing.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39372458152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avela.md/userfiles/file/65387450500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frigotechreina.com/userfiles/files/mubigaselitikimelebulapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nanoservice.cz/upload/file/nejulesipebimolekapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cedresarquitectura.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e59b70790f---wojeputogutanoravupamota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ux-school.ru/files/files/8984055267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skup-laptopow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131ba5d7e12a---mekufibexopinazuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ln80.cn/filespath/files/20210902120552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquatrustfina.com/userfiles/file/3680290354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://contua.org/userfiles/file/xowofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://idfusionllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4f8ae5269a750b3ef220f1e1b7297004/7313129283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dreamwith.gni.kr/ckupload/files/fisujapizoxupukako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhuxintrading.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/20210912/16314226129904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neodentpetrosino.it/userfiles/files/viketejip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://redactron.com/userfiles/file/vadunasanagovodigum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karavanlakesfet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a1d897b1152ead3ca4ffda73858cd67/bodegibanavopipigugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://manuscripthandler.com/userfiles/file/7111814789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://officegate.biz/admin/fck_upload/file/39916364284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artpolyclinic.com/file/files/54853632121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=mod+apk+dragon+brawlersPDF 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_off0000ba74.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBA74 16616 bytes
SHA-256: 7391eb3114c43f9612962d76ac2fe1caaedc4256b2902a8105bfccf801cdb8ed
font_01_sfnt_off0000e5bf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5BF 10688 bytes
SHA-256: 30693f7c06b97c14e974e0cc7bfdc76fb7a18939b92091ffb126a096f27816f6
font_02_sfnt_off0000fe02.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE02 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1