Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cf386a34d75bfef1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.0 KB Created: 2021-07-26 18:46:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 7a686fe9c313a6847f2d6514d38102d5 SHA-1: 0a3f1f1fe993675b186608ffc6c9bb3c4f7a82de SHA-256: cf386a34d75bfef18ec22a2b1ff0ea96533076b4c809cceb518243ddd6d09545
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of multiple PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports this attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://www.kreasoft.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607204779da37---jukemer.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cmtoolsrental.com/user_img/files/jikumunopadewat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drsuthichai.com/userfiles/files/40477309611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.k-24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c05f0394be7---vitepizatoxujugitotazepok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bewegeninarnhem.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a34153ecd1a---xuvezava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://provia-events.de/pics/fotos/1/file/67669708128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.entornopublicitario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fe20eb4cbc63ea447ea20e550e73e754/fakumizaxun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeskulap24h.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098525bf3c00---76581098730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a16ec07f0bbf8d1d93f1c66deec8bffa/56038668599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salkim.com/userfiles/file/tekixamabusamizomiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.americansummercamps.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f1e16d0f31---lubatoviluvumod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://retentionstudentexperience.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160992ae2efecb---falamamase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bhopalliteraturefestival.com/mpsdp/uploads/files/jorabosolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinies.ru/img/lib/file/73453644819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artecgroupservices.com/imagenes/file/pezejebogusomalit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://magyar-logyogyasz.hu/fileok/file/pixiwaxarawugit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kevinbrooks.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160874e5585989---jolamuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blissrenewbeauty.com/newerac2c/userfiles/file/42471585516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coolingrealestate.com/your-home-cleaner/FCKuploads/file/67269849893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boston.pl/fck_pliki/file/21924387012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ocvirapuato.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/15c8f96794132011aa30206bfffd6167/59765960909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constructionone.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098f26a4ad83---notaxadibafowejox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://denge.aero/upload/files/jigefajuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=diff%C3%A9rence+gendarmerie+mobile+et+d%C3%A9partementalePDF 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_off000101ce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101CE 11088 bytes
SHA-256: 36fd924d0ffcdcdba1103a08d37f231223520bec3a813d40d009b52345fb4d8a
font_01_sfnt_off00011adb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11ADB 19092 bytes
SHA-256: 8b95c3e9756ec9849c473a4d01607dd1b49b93423a157cecce1ede3d0d8e0acf
font_02_sfnt_off00014b0e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14B0E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1