Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cf16e5eb6b810bf2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.7 KB Created: 2021-06-27 03:54:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 6120ebd8782c83b42cb5d7304245dcbe SHA-1: e736106219d7efd14ebf4af1c33d98c2cb87541b SHA-256: cf16e5eb6b810bf2bc7013609c7f2130303a8e11200bde83ddcd40a85877ca71
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage, suggesting an attempt to trick users into downloading files. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are consistent with a phishing lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • 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://churchliferesources.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a24efa36ea8---13305428460.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://indiebookoftheday.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd95cad2dd1---zapunebugivulofikeko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boisehighclassof1965.com/clients/879780/File/40696155066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kubak-ubezpieczenia.pl/userfiles/file/xaludimejejovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoffmanowska.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080100d6f501---85247378785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.varishastalari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e98d801fa8---1799359047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://africanresearchcenter.com/userfiles/file/xepexipikememuwixebedesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.a-fairys-choice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609287fb4ff33---46162116815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kalatranslation.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/smjq63osvsa3ogg1185qu99i29/26333487551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahkjt.com/upfile/file/gisimilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpha-cp.com/userfiles/file/wawovixuva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pcwenhua.com/uploadimg/file/16223687571664000451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://californiaoptionsrealestate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d472fa8864af801fa99798b7aeaaab7/58942775210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thesmithgrouphouston.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c2389d97519b61e564b1307f901d878c/24417174832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://walterchiropracticclinic.com/home/walter/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76331035470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iwish-cosmetics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a091886ac88---4741926784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kassa-evotor.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0s947pf22mchd6naef6a1mvh75/xibakisagugixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inspirationallabels.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9205755185---pipikokoxiwor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://az4group.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d50f7afeef---83477470360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mientaytourist.com/uploads/files/68388550239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nutstudio.it/userfiles/file/73441108463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arci-mp.fr/admin/File/nasagerakomokijulesifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yournew.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u9fhaer8k52ovs781v6g2qms8d/tejinenifeduwudakawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dadosefatos.net.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ef3be3f904---80721870261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=counterbalance+valve+is+used+forPDF 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_off0000e797.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE797 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ffa9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFA9 17168 bytes
SHA-256: 3a512cd63503be3a8c4e1b76286899827a4b556c94d57d2bd6f2ab295b2659ad
font_02_sfnt_off00012c9a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C9A 10808 bytes
SHA-256: 387a53ded6fc19dc0d35fec38cdf7fb74dd11c4238167a87e9005fd3b24effbd