Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cf365158b4cd9aea…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.2 KB Created: 2021-06-25 17:43:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 2a5418fc14218cb6916f492a8200d950 SHA-1: 705a2b222bcebeadb0c94a05ee79e2295c2e1d33 SHA-256: cf365158b4cd9aeac3fb77c0cdcd39e576611c1a932c5228d0742ceec4b90d82
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to websites hosted on compromised Content Management Systems (CMS) or using disposable hosting, indicative of a link farm or phishing operation. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to redirect users to malicious sites or download further payloads. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure and URL analysis point to a phishing or malicious redirection attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://hyosungulf.com/uploads/file/rupasosatadoxosupupe.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://tidaksusah.com/contents//files/52106674494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sahabatkeluargahomecare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160958c7168b61---70317943502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medicalalliedtraining.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076334bb0a89---mepiruradikugumolijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.olympusnorge.no/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2qi2pt75fdo30k2qter6pnugnu/31487325483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primax.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ckgd023c0or7l648pirgqhorl1/wuvof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1hozain.ru/files/userfiles/files/38019867744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mosconi.net/userfiles/file/44110633709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.patricktennis.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c7b7dd329e---vonetogapazukadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forkidsvietnam.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a757rr9rrjv52hn3clvrjv8sb7/33219246132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://muskogeeroughers1967.com/clients/9/98/9899c641331876fb313f08ec475a0443/File/novetipemugudasumek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avantkart.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4jmgcud81n76svn60e61aodp6r/buweve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.criteriainvest.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rnlde7sum9sjmfjdio1p93tonu/98217360849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actor-conseil.com/files/file/66712070112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bridalchapel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b3027aaa91---84932356920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://utilitydiscount.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089eb4b0e461---xozikigutevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://endoaccessories.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2kabnbh2ocmrltduufbsp77j18/49770691954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://datev.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40072780512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://richmore.kr/uploadfile/fckeditor/file/lijif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iamsoldierfit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cefcdc5451f---85648410093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skyfireconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/12tcshldiga0n9dsrib59k8v71/takisowoxivabopuwabawapuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dungcuruamui.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9fo16iu8diddaidoavpjrt1fqf/2482942048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newat.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b5a4bf1b7030d0282e5eb0ef4f749f4c/barozilasidakole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dynamic1984.com/user_file/file/30558750864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=the+80+busPDF 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_off0000c05d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC05D 10016 bytes
SHA-256: 7d428efaa55bfb273f9cebfebddd499cf78bf1026455aefe1d41025c3a82992a
font_01_sfnt_off0000d6b4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD6B4 16196 bytes
SHA-256: b01fc2e1f0e81fa88eeaa244905899fe1b0a02ab59c99d5730e05449b87db317
font_02_sfnt_off0000ffd3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFD3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1