Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cf4c0ed1ccd418e0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.7 KB Created: 2021-07-07 16:13:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 9c575ad887629a8c8cb2645f12be3792 SHA-1: 648769474578f76c629fd8efbc3566ba2d823955 SHA-256: cf4c0ed1ccd418e0ea79eda64c8010ad44f0af5e5eea87116d714edc102305d0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection to these malicious URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9957

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 https://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=biblical+family+feud+questions+and+answers PDF link annotation
    • https://sellerflows.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fc0182e1314e8e3b0526b0840537b686/60558383666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cedicar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf01a834be2---kavomevidajinosix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diarch.in/WYSIWYGImage/file/64666299796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ateliergermain.net/sites/default/files/file/rawurizodadetedurufubeli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digitaldaya.com/imagenes/file/savuruk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yangs-ns.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210602201636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medicamarsala.it/userfiles/files/44177022618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qhzs88.com/admin/fckeditor_upfiles/file/2021062607211880554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ranaghatpchsschool.org/userfiles/file/75470430416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anm-av.de/uploads/files/lewikifatakixegek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carthink.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099f61df08d7---88290683743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ziepniekkalns.lv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160828a5d1f60b---89232909576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jimenez-casquet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c733009477---48651625685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grecosalesinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b599ec056a8---53366699879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.blackhillsdancecentre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b92497e7648---lilet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medicellbank.com/userfiles/files/gixepag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aduanaldelvalle.com/userfiles/file/27165636178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmjrgoldhockey.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e121ee31c8a6fdd89efe14cd292b4b5b/62036399175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mackyz7automotive.com/js/upload/files/seliwopopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dipinkrishna.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160753ff2694c7---72240202603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lycee-elm.org/userfiles/file/14681486348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deconkhoemanh.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m80qqvico4ab7lgqooptt7eo77/15858204015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0001104d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1104D 17756 bytes
SHA-256: 6baad12a99148d2a50189230fe7c61e96f2025f22688f5820a88a6c3b3c128cd
font_01_sfnt_off00013ee3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13EE3 11276 bytes
SHA-256: 7b7db7b0637f06d0d450499d74002c51c731ac6c2bd52e25c161c08770d42cd9
font_02_sfnt_off00015942.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15942 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1