Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cf07669d21e49787…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.0 KB Created: 2021-06-27 15:20:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 0acad0ebd506983392666daae8e91cf5 SHA-1: 8fc132f0e678173e54f5e591cd470214075d44c0 SHA-256: cf07669d21e49787405de870ddb6e4fc9f871ea0ad6e9ef08c843c64f1a06b6e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is a PDF that exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure, as indicated by the 'SE_INVOICE_LURE' heuristic. It contains numerous links to external domains, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and the presence of external links strongly suggest an intent to download and execute a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9936

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.
  • Fake invoice / payment lure low SE_INVOICE_LURE
    Document contains invoice or payment language paired with an action verb — useful context when combined with link, macro, or attachment indicators
  • 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://oilbasaro.com/web/images/ckfinder/files/20210623083447.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://lawpropertyconsultants.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eet300ishbc9pkceqmb3r6g5nq/19208876399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3handseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077cebe62a49---12777894246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ergunaygoren.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607eca019c273---xonibixuwodefagujadef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chartsunlimited.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dc7f37b122---95164549940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://argumentua.com/i/file/91692191126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artmetinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8e34f62777---dofafidesuxon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asirius.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9e8aa641e7a1088151db980d37ad25bf/sugotodibotomozor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sblending.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5d6834da57---zijirotulufigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bassbasement.org/userfiles/file/fijapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fotografoeventimilano.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b547c04f4f---27955583353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hogies.com/includes/template/uploads/file/85696524998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adm.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b34a0ad0e19364b943883f8a0fd558d6/wasoganuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://centrosteadycam.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a3958c027ce9ce4e6f806d6c28803e86/fuvisuwulesexepejetojogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marsagri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fef150cda8---sevatiteridekogab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kbchina.de/upload/65278326798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moreit.ch/productinfo/file/91296828729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.etoiles-recrutement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082ab8b550f7---83369294960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chupwo.com/editor_upload/file/vipowetifuzozanom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestmiamiturf.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/189c41ff99aede08ca45934ab167863f/36955825221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pantipplaza.com/userfiles/file/sadukoriwazuguzesava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monacollection.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/430b17949aaa68f76ae10dfb60a8fa76/kaxobeso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uceng.net/_UploadFile/Images/file/2678853274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=by+sentence+prepositionPDF 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_off00011f30.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F30 10324 bytes
SHA-256: 989e6d30a6df85ede2d38e9acfcdbd2fdcfb6b67b25232a79123a59191208e8d
font_01_sfnt_off000136a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x136A4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014eb6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14EB6 17060 bytes
SHA-256: 47efc441b496afaf52f1e13b720cad77440fe691907e960cbf2d230bb3202b7c