Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cf3e9d77ad8ce75b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.6 KB Created: 2021-10-05 05:03:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 937e8a21d86d9528ab40ba0c10d65b7c SHA-1: f227e9c8628dbe183318983fdb60c7663138ee50 SHA-256: cf3e9d77ad8ce75b0645fe1639bf9c700048a73cc7b0f23eb2e8ecb9c3141794
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as a malicious PDF by ClamAV and ML classifiers. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites and other domains hosting PDF files. These links are likely used to redirect users to phishing pages or download further malicious payloads. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself facilitates the redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://realcomfort.ru/content/upload/file/dejewuzovosefurokiviz.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://njuhome.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wejisinazuvaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allegroescrow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16144cca5066ad---58093384712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veterinarioassociatopacinidallatorre.eu/userfiles/files/3879169319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maviet.vn/upload/files/48546882344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chulintemple.house-well.com/CKEdit/upload/files/57381971681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akiisushi.com/uploads/files/jegipese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sm.ac.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60213101674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-eckernfoerde.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16156a0a45ceb8---mefenetonojurajeladixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jf-orvalho.pt/userfiles/file/18012026194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abbeytraining.net/userfiles/file/70929632175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://swiftnb.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ridufeperaregi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://controlcert.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161416c6fa6f24---rukovokitadalezureta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://live-lessons.net/lcj/web/uploads/assets/file/77301508982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karmakonnect.org/DrumiBhatt/karmakonnect.org/Final/ckeditorimage/files/88555074831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiorapizza.it/userfiles/files/1528369203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kuwaited.com/cote_dor_import/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85965919513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gruppocinofilomarsalese.com/userfiles/files/99481978713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://casier-a-bouteilles.com/file/fanepelosubovipomevuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alusol-kw.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lakuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.taylormadetc.com/siteadmin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71622802097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lhorizon.ca/uploadHorizon/file/domisagomijolobonibob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://china-baby-clothes.com/d/files/wifekulibediteda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=best+talents+for+resto+druid+shadowlandsPDF 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_off00010865.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10865 19768 bytes
SHA-256: 3a035bae08c38f909ad51e70088ff9364aa738cb213fe7574d409154707d1440
font_01_sfnt_off00013c07.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C07 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001541e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1541E 10688 bytes
SHA-256: 550154256d58cf8dcdc88453390d59c2e7cf845d6c584411361dfe86a926b321