Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cf44c7afd726a8b7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

103.1 KB Created: 2021-08-15 17:15:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: e77935cc2f74620055435b6f3d797da6 SHA-1: 6fb1858b17f04bfc814f2d5a75ea9d859f2a2980 SHA-256: cf44c7afd726a8b78a63d2f00ee0a7c51bc32874a19e408fe55df55c052af54e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of embedded JavaScript (T1059.007) suggests it may be used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://maxbrio.kr/files/files/74121930334.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://myredm.ru/uploads/file/tiduxad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primeodontorj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/43b2b83feb7c4477103d0c35ff667058/watug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://la-klamm.org/userfiles/file/lepapakivopaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ekbdrive.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40192917119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.brunosistemi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cb63f74a5a---legibupizoxare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rec39.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/be5dac0a88f9844c87dae3a7fb79983e/92494053945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vizit-k.net/uploads/editor/files/76381732585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shamshabaddiocese.org/files/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45163127548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://craftland.de/res/wysiwyg/file/86239695662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alotercuman.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78435961707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baliretreatcenter.com/olabali_ci/media/images/newsfiles/6509543229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://andymullinscommercial.com/home/andy/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62362050290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chocolatycakes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160867f4d79be0---wafasojupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://batiment-tunisie.com/userfiles/file/76708123353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldnumber.info/userfiles/file/mixufifosibixigus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://supermarketdv.ru/files/file/juvefoxanivumox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alongsideasia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e6adfb684053de6a56930c94711bae81/sajazerilep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://psycare-spb.com/userfiles/file/fagizejelumati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://area5srl.it/file/zebenisakatatupovak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alfainstal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b45f890e853---21063935880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reclaimsplus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/959542cfbfeb8084914c10763df83cc9/jeruxupilejafaxuxus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.timtransportes.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160889f4567978---59782791343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=principles+of+microeconomics+7th+edition+answersPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00012288.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12288 11024 bytes
SHA-256: 9475ee95b9c344ee25a124faf8190ae8fbb45016587ff4fc57c452035a310c3a
font_01_sfnt_off00013c0d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C0D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001541f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1541F 18400 bytes
SHA-256: 175ef2c02abb8faa4fac934e6d4ce0c603128ddfab6dd6555df4c0d222a66dab
font_03_sfnt_off000184c3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x184C3 1732 bytes
SHA-256: 5b3c947262022625ef2d4cfb2d0fa10a94f23c97611fd4c7364bfcc62a76ce6a