Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cf10a0d8adcefcff…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.8 KB Created: 2021-10-02 23:30:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: b8adfa6b5cd19c6d192626df55062e90 SHA-1: 67d029de2866a69301046279444b982d53a50657 SHA-256: cf10a0d8adcefcffa663303ab9520a0262b19c502946cfd02bb79faf98b9d354
224 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple links pointing to potentially compromised websites, including those identified as link farms on disposable hosting and WordPress upload storage. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or to serve a second-stage payload. The heuristic 'PDF_IMAGE_LURE' suggests a common phishing tactic where a visual lure hides clickable actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 9

  • 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.
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 1 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 69 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=perfect+blue+full+movie+eng+sub PDF link annotation
    • https://costabravas.com/uploads/localidades/files/45763719221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bczenekar.hu/files/file/87033303103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lamardaegu.com/upfile/user/file/retukij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ottotech.center/userfiles/file/pirid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brothersaluminium.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16156fd3b25b9a---67119720388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uyaviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161580ae610332---fimezuduvositofam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sgrdpandher.com/userfiles/file/53736062277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://retake.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31855848348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epoch-making.jp/js/upload/files/retekaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bc2000.order-pro.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dogizumesokixenagorekinul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archissimo.eu/userfiles/files/mokoxezuvopelutanuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kennyre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614e9c315a145---fopeko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gzcil.com/uploadfile/files/fufazurubarurepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1opamko8oge84d9str53dthns7/gobulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hlj-vibration.com/uploads/image/20211002/files/20211002183222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uspeh-kursk.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/guwujugomuvofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vinhthuan.vn/upload/files/40785023703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aragonemprendedor.com/userfiles/files/gelomezetibamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dagvandearchitectuur.be/_files/file/65134563025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://warungmimpishio.com/contents/files/73419285083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.como-grup.ro/fisiere/file/45090976794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comlosumare.ro/userfiles/file/rovotivepopeturoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matrixuniverzum.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16149de9fd6670---20642572462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://study-abroad-travel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/file/81201487710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://childrencareandliteracysociety.org/userfiles/files/23038380802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000b335.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB335 14416 bytes
SHA-256: 2648b619552eb833cc9539cf1f1f72cbf4b7c496fec4e7e4b773cefc6aae99a3
font_01_sfnt_off0000d6ee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD6EE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000ef05.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF05 10824 bytes
SHA-256: bb46cb06ee519f4aed09c0ade8fc695e91697d764b29dd55b83f2b3439c546c5