Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cf2a68a5daf8082d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.2 KB Created: 2021-07-04 13:01:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: 2f78e0f9d5b1b7b2e3ebe1d625611a91 SHA-1: a2b36b70f01d20d5580e2b8a4d5c9caad1d20ae7 SHA-256: cf2a68a5daf8082d057616cafb93c8a6eb0577b59fc86d0ee595313fcf21b8e4
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, with many URLs pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or redirection scheme. The document body is heavily obfuscated and appears to be generated by wkhtmltopdf, providing no direct user-facing content but containing embedded URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://bizdrive.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160a704da5ba3b---xawolabapenosubiburoki.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://konemara.hu/userfiles/file/bozivegokuxudisiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cameronhaddock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba372b912b6---86635395730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grancom.by/upload/docs/82608942319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://karinbentum.nl/uploads/file/27898128701.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ingenermarket.ru/userfiles/degidiru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terapie-psi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f1db3571a1---2654095241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unserbiokorb.ch/userfiles/file/76845696113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loskutova.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c7a249b45c16cc75809d391842a14a44/81460249254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096bb4992bf7---duwesivosawaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.geosuiteonline.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160794a37a0c0c---papuxonefefupivum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecomassage.pt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6c2a2qk7eau7bh6oq5h5l2uka7/xotamidebitibob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phase1acoustics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae2718097b3---fapibowevenaluwepax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polskienarty.pl/data/aktualnosci_imgs/file/25243380737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binarbaidfabrication.com/public_html/userfiles/file/vinadixukakixuvozipikimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://best-turbos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/92e4c2bac31eefc82a9cb48ac0bbf13c/wirawid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://associacaoguainumbi.org.br/wp/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160985fed5140c---juserojubijamadizog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weblative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eh9naj1dnk9uhkuotabt8h4lac/nipubowazet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeronautike.com/userfiles/file/11116537073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lbhodgereunion.com/clients/3/38/38e1f81cb1ac74d12d86c8ba87866b9f/File/vonomobupojizigawalila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tecnotrefg.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086dde91dc73---talogaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mueblesgamez.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69747571070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbbe50276ac---13269678618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relaxationplusmn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e38cb68deb2fc1b10a342e8f032838b2/71726126675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newat.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/01be30872adf7c905c1095d3d0e59bb3/pajiweziwisepumiwumuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phonefixcomo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ec99230f71---tekegegetevawuxotupufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=suffix+s+wordsPDF 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_off0000f572.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF572 17520 bytes
SHA-256: f9c60134219b96cb7d94e8193c6ffa6c335bb4d980ad130294083a7fec76ab81
font_01_sfnt_off00012397.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12397 10168 bytes
SHA-256: 48a855b834adf881f2a0f65d4016d8ca33d50f87e34c5be4ecbfe45ac371ea82
font_02_sfnt_off00013a7d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A7D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1