Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cf2ebb4f8ed34fb9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.2 KB Created: 2021-09-06 15:50:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 2417c761ec5eaa201355f8d7f6afb051 SHA-1: a76b6514c57b6eabb07445b8d6f532fb8be7a616 SHA-256: cf2ebb4f8ed34fb95173589ae3288d5dde3d8d26b421c861c03f25936989859e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to various potentially compromised websites and upload storage locations, likely to host or distribute further malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' lure suggests a phishing or social engineering attempt to trick the user into downloading a payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

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.
  • 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://maroba-zirndorf.de/file/22680458214.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://pannonfinanz.eu/editor_up/lenijexawoluxitumaxurawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fastcomputer.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d30e13127a689c3c934a89823c26944/30345225578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquaticlandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acc026934fd---nonemefedapemeson.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kindeeyudee.com/ck_files/files/wezoropixokivemunom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://srividyaastrology.com/userfiles/file/bosuteniteziwizude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asi-filter.pl/files/file/zuxiweb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.photonics-science.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/waxizepikutusenomuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kuresi-kaitori.com/upload/content_pic/files/bevemopijeta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vv-alc.nl/uploads/files/6497009950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.idenet.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160893d7c7d79a---sevapafamuzorimolurikizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://catbasailing.com/upload/fck/file/leziluxezabuzipamopimez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pointsourcegroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac4476a75e3d899d13a32dd937c2cff0/bobotasokikebomamoxorapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ledson.ru/upload_picture/45142137433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kusadasidentalclinic.com/img/userfiles/files/duvimozutudepirajilelup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://old.bgk-meshkova.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85845977490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://danburyhighclassof1961.com/clients/b/b4/b42d7d7907ff1a67dd6fd366dd3c6775/File/26469733093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://andrejc.si/files/file/78411489333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kesherisrael.com/uploadEditor/files/23434582505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betonwerkendejonge.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609406c78fd88---bexadamokutakobar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swotin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b30193e8e0c---fugusewipakaweri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jordanfamilyreunions.com/clients/5/51/51534e3e38036466a76ca8a024fd4923/File/nekepuzulevapasagaxatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beautyyaurient.com/editor_upload/file/72237050355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tafoto.de/img/upload/files/4397170452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://videotour24.com/data/fckupload/file/33551682579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emotionpicturesfestival.gr/userfiles/file/61833347599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=change+default+pdf+viewer+iphonePDF 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_off0000db5b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB5B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f372.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF372 10892 bytes
SHA-256: 25e35b53720c305bed2bd8800ce60554ffc13ed1362ee5aae37a339b256d5c0e
font_02_sfnt_off00010c6d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C6D 17964 bytes
SHA-256: 3e41240f42511e3fc9e2b98190a9b93c9f2d2c337f168477a5de51786e7ccc6e